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“There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.”
― Richard Castle

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu

“Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.”
― Cecilia Ahern, P.S. I Love You

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“being the key word there.” Her grin took the sting out of her words. Juan chuckled, patting her on the head. “You’re getting more and more like your mother every day.” Tilting her head, she batted her eyelashes several times. “You mean intelligent and beautiful?” “Mouthy and obstinate.” He pointed at the carvings on the wall. “Whether you like it or not, this curse could mean trouble.”
― Ann Charles, Look What the Wind Blew In

“And I want only to throw myself into it and be consumed.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“7 When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”  8 Then He stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. 9 When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center. 10 When Jesus stood up, He said to her, “•Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? ” 11 “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”] ”
― Anonymous, HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible

“Let’s go.” Jamie’s hand was firm on my arm, and I made no protest. Following Jared, guarded by the sailors, we stole away from the quay, surreptitious as though we had started the fire.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

“I wrinkled my nose at her. “You really need to stop watching those nature documentaries with Layne.” She ran her fingers through her hair. “I know, but the footage is so amazing.”
― Ann Charles, Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood

“A man's spirit will endure sickness,         but  p a crushed spirit who can bear?”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,          h but a desire fulfilled is  i a tree of life.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“Kate’s threatening to drag me to jail with her again,” Claire told her. “You think the Sheriff will give me a couple of get-out-of-jail-free cards?” “Maybe he could start a loyalty card promotion,”
― Ann Charles, The Rowdy Coyote Rumble

“Patience Karima took the yellow crime tape and not only draped it across the Ever After Books front door, but looped it around every inch of the outside of the shop. Ever After Books was now a full-on crime scene.”
― Tonya Kappes, A Charming Spell

“Hope can seem like cotton candy, which tastes good at first, but there’s nothing to it. Real hope is a deep and powerful force when it is anchored in the seven factors that sustain hope.”
― Ray Johnston, The Hope Quotient: Measure It. Raise It. You'll Never Be the Same.

“Ray was looking extra Oompa-Loompa-like this morning with his fake tan a seemingly brighter shade of orange than usual. His brown hair matched his personality—slick and greasy. “Morning,”
― Ann Charles, A Wild Fright in Deadwood

“You’re sending your flying monkeys after the self-righteous blowhard, aren’t you?” “I can’t. They’re out on another vengeful mission.” “Oh,”
― Ann Charles, A Wild Fright in Deadwood

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.  q The Lord is at hand; 6 r do not be anxious about anything,  s but in everything by prayer and supplication  t with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And  u the peace of God,  v which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible: English Standard Version

“She might bandy back and forth with her pa about all sorts of things just for the jump of it—like refusing her grits, sleeping all day and hunting all night, and spying on the Vanderbilts and their guests—but she never argued about this. She knew when he said those words he was as serious as her dead momma. For all the spiny talk and all the sneak-about, sometimes you just stayed quiet and did what you were told because you sensed it was a good way to keep breathing”
― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak

“Nobody warns you that life continues to be complicated after you’ve Done the Right Thing. That there is no reward, beyond some intangible sense of moral fortitude.”
― Rosie Walsh, Ghosted

“Nobody warns you that life continues to be complicated after you’ve Done the Right Thing. That there is no reward, beyond some intangible sense of moral fortitude”
― Rosie Walsh, Ghosted

“Coal, with time and heat and pressure, will always become a diamond. But if you were freezing to death, which would you consider the gem?”
― Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

“When she awoke he took her home, and as they went she knew that she had been mistaken. She would not die. Her heart was not even broken. She had suffered horribly; she would suffer more; but eventually the pain must wear out. Into her head crept a few lines of an old opera: "Hearts do not break, they sting and ache, For old love's sake, but do not die, As witnesseth the living I.”
― Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost

“Who was the rogue Hildegard had been talking about? How many players were involved in this game? How deep was the mire Clementine had walked into here in Dead … The front door crashed open. She gasped, frowning down at the desk drawer. Someone had come for the rings!”
― Ann Charles, Life at the Coffin Joint

“raising two curious boys was like holding a skunk by the tail. Boone could believe it. Hell, Rabbit alone had enough starch in his britches to drive a preacher to cuss most days, especially once he’d started filling out his boots.”
― Ann Charles, Life at the Coffin Joint

“Brutus was dead. His body lay under an oak on the Hendersons' lawn. A small group of neighbors had gathered around his corpse, their faces sad and shocked.”
― Ilona Andrews, Clean Sweep

“I released a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding. “I’ve cracked, that’s all there is to it. Living with my parents—even for just a couple days—has finally driven me insane.”
― K.F. Breene, Magical Midlife Madness

“His mind raced. Is that what the Höhlendrache sounded like? He couldn’t remember, but they definitely did have scales and there had been at least one caged in the adit near Galena. Seeing the scattered human remains of what that one had dined on had made his stomach turn. Maybe one of those monsters at that cabin outside Galena, coming to skin you toes to nose”
― Ann Charles, Hip Deep in Bad Company