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“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!”
― Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein

“Spartak, I believe an active and powerful government is the only counterbalance against rapacious business interests, unprincipled individuals and groups often all too willing to deceive, poison, and ruin in the name of their own liberty. Without us, the powerful face no limits, no scrutiny, pay no price and never face justice.”
― Steven A. Coulter, Rising Son

“Everything done in the world is done by hope.”
― Steven A. Coulter, Freedom's Hope

“I applauded Reagan’s speech, since it was the last one he would ever give. He was already silently going through the first stages of Alzheimer’s.”
― Rollie Lawson, A Fresh Start: Complete

“Near as I can tell, God intended me to be a witness. Like those little children who survived the concentration camps. He wanted me to tell my story, reach out a hand to anyone I could. And I’ve done that, thirty years or so.”
― Neil S. Plakcy, Soldier Down

“You might be surprised how far a charismatic speech can go to sway desperate people. Anxious ears will generally hear only what they want. Doesn’t matter how ridiculous the lie, as long as it’s presented in such a way that it aligns with their desires, they’ll blindly follow it all the way to their own destruction.”
― Michael Wisehart, Hurricane

“There’s a darkness lurking deep in the souls of us all. Our parents instill in us a modicum of civilized behavior and that usually keeps our baser instincts at bay. But sometimes that blackness seeps to the surface and a monster walks quietly among us. Because we are not attuned to evil, we don’t see it rise up until it strikes us down without warning.”
― H. Terrell Griffin, Blood Island

“Sunday mornings”
― R.K. Lander, Return of a Warlord

“They’re not dead, Bulan. Never forget that. You’ll see them again. It is the wait that is sad, not the loss.”
― R.K. Lander, Rise of The Silvan

“I am a healer, Bulan. I have watched many cross, eased their journey, seen the light in their eyes as they depart. It doesn’t die – it travels.”
― R.K. Lander, Rise of The Silvan

“he persuades himself that the facts are whatever he wants them to be, and is furious if anyone contradicts them.”
― K.J. Charles, Subtle Blood

“Alec hadn’t noticed the white-robed mage put on the Shield Ring. She punched him in the face, an overlapping series of armored plates snapping over her knuckles an instant before the blow.”
― D.B. King, Familiar Magic

“and well, you know what they say." "Yeah, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
― Jan Stryvant, Mihalis

“the peace is normally created by the willingness of a few to do great violence in its name.”
― Ken Lange, Accession of the Stone Born: Nine Realms Saga

“And if you’re a smart person, and you take the time to think about it, the religious messages often double up into political messages, and at that time in old Israel … religion and politics were basically one and the same thing, not least because there was no vote. ​‘When a man has no vote, no say, but he does have a national religion to adhere to, then of course he’ll want to reform the religious practises since that is the political system that he’s under at the time.”
― Geoff Wolak, Roskov, Book 12

“But in the time of Jesus there was no political path to power, which is why the Canaanites rebelled and destroyed their kings and temples, and became hill farmers which became the Jewish tribes. ​‘This bloke, Jesus, followed on with a new religion which was also a rebellion,”
― Geoff Wolak, Roskov, Book 12

“It was far easier passing Long Wang’s alcove, Alex knowing that his was a seven-element configuration just like Alex’s own, and in some ways, at least, they mirrored each other perfectly.”
― M.H. Johnson, Warrior's Path

“She also said I should never blame the company for the bad deeds of such individuals, that the company is what we make it.”
― John Van Stry, Children of Steel

“Truth produces results and propels us forward while the false, the unreal, and the impossible all hold us back.”
― J.N. Chaney, The Constable Returns

“Justice is about balance and the instruments of that balance. The three main ideas behind justice say that it must be impartial, act swiftly to prevent harm, and weigh sides carefully. Justice is as much a system of determining truth as it is about correcting society and citizens who are straying from established values and concerns.”
― J.N. Chaney, The Constable Returns

“Truth is more powerful than deception, but that doesn’t mean deception has no power. The fourth aspect of justice is the shadow it casts, which protects those who enforce it from scrutiny.”
― J.N. Chaney, The Constable Returns

“Well, I’m off my diet for the day. Dad will make his Country Eggs Benedict,” I said. Instead of an English muffin, he used buttermilk biscuits. He substituted the Canadian bacon with sausage patties and the Hollandaise sauce with cracked pepper sausage gravy. When you added an over easy egg it was one of Tami’s favorites.”
― G. Younger, Freshman Year Box Set: A Stupid Boy Story

“There’s an enemy inside all of us, Nick, that wants to do us harm. It hates us passionately, and it wears us down with echoing insults we can’t escape. No matter what we try or what we do. It’s a never-ending playback that torments us when we’re alone. And especially at night when we’re trying to sleep and there’s no one else beside us.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infamous

“The Epic of Gilgamesh, for instance. Herodotus’ tale of the Neuri tribe of Scythia. The latter was just Vargr like the ulfhednar legends.”
― Meraki P. Lyhne, Shaded Ember

“People believe what they want to, and if what is conflicts with their beliefs, they will turn a blind eye to fact and reason!”
― Andrew Wareham, The Pinchbeck Peer: Book 3

“Stubborn because he is unable to think and can never arrive at a compromise, being too stupid to think of one.”
― Andrew Wareham, The Pinchbeck Peer: Book 7: A New Veneer

“Life never gives you anything you can’t handle, I thought, it’s how you handle it that matters.”
― Greg Herren, Royal Street Reveillon

“gently”
― Geoff Wolak, Wilco: Lone Wolf Book 5

“couldn’t imagine jumping into the cold Pacific water, but they seemed unfazed.”
― Travis Starnes, From the Top

“bracelet”
― TurtleMe, Transcendence