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#1

“Wadsworth opened the bottle and handed me the cork. What the heck? What do I do now? Take it? Smell it? Lick it? A slight trickle of sweat ran down the nape of my neck as he, Margeaux and Deloris stared at me.
“Uh, what am I supposed to do with it?”
“Take a sniff, sir. Just to make sure.”
“Of course, of course.”
Smelled just fine to me and I looked up at him with a big silly grin on my face as he poured a small amount of wine into my glass. I stared up at him.
“Aren’t you going to fill my glass?”
“Take a sip, sir. Just to make sure.”
“Make sure of what?”
“That it is to your liking, sir.”
It was all I could do from turning red-faced. But I took that sip and smiled again. He then poured the wine into our glasses, nestled the bottle in the silver wine chiller and left. At that point I burst out laughing and my sweet ladies joined me.”
― Behcet Kaya, Appellate Judge

tags: crime-fiction, crime-thriller, drama, pi

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#2

“We don't have adoption issues, we have an issue with adoption.”
― Janine Myung-Ja, Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists

tags: adoptee-attitudes, adoptee-rights, adoptees, adoption, adoption-day, adoption-industry, adoption-search, adoption-system, adoption-truth, adoptionland

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#3

“His thoughts went to Kismaayo, and lately, particularly of Abdi. If there were a hero in this story, it was Abdi. Jon thought, this young man from Maine had left that war weary husk of a country called Somalia and had come to these United States of America to pursue the dream of happiness, security, and hope.”
― Mike Bennett, Las Vegas on Twelve Dollars a Day

tags: action, educational, military, technical, war

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#4

“I’m not willing to deceive myself for false comfort, and I’m not willing to don the false mask of external indifference.”
― Ron Garan, Floating in Darkness - A Journey of Evolution

tags: gritty, life-lessons, memoir, true-story

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#5

“I wished he'd stop trying to put me off. It was becoming irksome. Or, if he were, then he really needed to stop acting so damned charming.”
― Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette

tags: fiction-novel, historical-fiction, women-s-strength, womens-rights

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#6

“A star becomes a sun, under the pressure of darkness.”
― M. R. Noble, Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes

tags: avenger, dark-magic, falsely-accused, fantasy, magical-world, mythical-creatures, on-the-run, romance, underworld, vampires

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#7

“Is she the only one at fault? For though she’s spoiled, and dreadfully so, A girl can’t spoil herself, you know. Who spoiled her, then? Ah, who indeed? Who pandered to her every need? Who turned her into such a brat? Who are the culprits? Who did that? Alas! You needn’t look so far To find out who these sinners are. They are (and this is very sad) Her loving parents, MUM and DAD. And that is why we’re glad they fell Into the garbage chute as well.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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#8

“This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.”
― Michael Crichton

tags: computer-models, richard-feynmann, science

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#9

“It’s okay to call the pet you adopted a “rescue.” The kid you adopted… not so much.”
― T. Rafael Cimino, Table 21

tags: adoption, rescue-dogs

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#10

“The art of war is the art of deception.”
― Sun Tzu

tags: strategy, tactics

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#11

“كل فكرة لها تأثير حقيقي، لها أيضاًِ وجود حقيقي. انها هنا. انها لاتجري في الهواء غير مرئية. ان لها جسداً حقيقياً: عينين، وفماً، وقدمين ومعدة. انها رجل أو امرأة، وهي تتبع الرجال أو النساء. لهذا فأن الانجيل يقول: "لقد تجسدت الكلمة.." ص ٢٠٩”
― نيكوس كازانتزاكي

tags: زوربا

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#12

“The pen is mightier than the sword... an considerably easier to write with. - Marty Feldman”
― Tom Sechrist

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#13

“Scott glanced at his watch but didn't register what it said. The notion of time had become as absurd as the quietly glowing trees.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: drugs, philosophical-musings, visual-moments

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#14

“You can be a natural athlete with terrible work habits, and that ends up wasting your gifts.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: career, encouraging, family, fitness, healing, lesson, motivating, sport, support, time

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#15

“It was as if we played chess after denying me both bishops and knights.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

tags: action-novel, adventure-story, crime, detective-novel, historical-crime-story, intrigue, murder-mystery-novel, mystery-thriller, private-investigator, thriller-novel

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#16

“When oppressed and lost people see your supernatural life shining so bright, they are attracted! They are attracted to the Jesus in you.”
― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression

tags: attraction, faith, god, good-and-evil, hope, inner-peace, jesus, love, self-growth, shining

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#17

“Enraged, Marco paced back and forth, gripping the newspaper in his fist. What do these animals hope to accomplish with senseless violence? We have enough suffering on this island. Do we have to kill each other, too?”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

tags: class-disparity, cultural-fiction, feminism-in-history, inner-turmoil, lush, perseverance, political-struggle, real-estate, social-mobility, thought-provoking

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#18

“Joey began to look through Mr. Emoto’s big book. The photographs were amazing. He could hardly believe the pictures were of water. Under each picture, it said the name on the label for each bottle of water. It was just like Water had told him. Joey was so excited. The pictures showed the frozen water was just a blob for the mean words. And the frozen water with words like love and joy was so beautiful.”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

tags: cycles-of-life, exploring-energy, holistic-growth, mindful-awareness, planet-connection, shared-experiences, spirituality, teaching-empathy, teaching-respect, water-healing

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#19

“To the Jews, Maccabees were heroes. That made me wonder if the Irgun or Stern Gang had been more than terrorists. ”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: cat-and-mouse, corruption, dramatic, global-intrigue, gritty-realism, high-octane, intense, military-deserter, page-turner, undercover-mission

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#20

“There was nothing ordinary about Ossie May. She was tall, sexy, smart, and pretty. Her looks and personality were her drawing cards. The flip side was her temperament. She was beauty and rage sandwiched together, and she must have invented cussing. She would unload swear word after swear word in rapid succession. There had to be a law against such offensive language.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

tags: dysfunctional-families, family, family-humour, inspirational, inspiring, struggle, touching, truth

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#21

“Then Raya saw Rebecca West, the fourteen-year-old who only saved her own life by testifying against her mother, and then she saw her own face reflected in these girls – a swirl of chance, and life and sorrow.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

tags: children-s, fantasy, occult, paranormal, supernatural, teenagers, urban, ya-paranormal, young-adult

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#22

“The loudest voices for immigration reform are required to have names like 'Running Bull' or 'Brave Eagle.”
― T. Rafael Cimino, Mid Ocean

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#23

“He sadly resumes his path toward a desert that he knows is similar to the one he just crossed, escorted by the pale phantom they call Reason, who lights up the aridity of his path with a weak lantern, and who, when the thirst of passion comes back from time to time, quenches it with the poison of ennui.”
― Charles Baudelaire, La Fanfarlo

tags: ennui

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#24

“They don't want clever men; clever men have ideas, and ideas cause trouble; they want men who have charm and tact and who can be counted on never to make a blunder.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

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#25

“The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.”
― Anonymous, القرآن الكريم

tags: spirituality

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#26

“Lord,” he said heavily. “Lord, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.” But he knew he was going to marry that girl anyway.”
― Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love

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#27

“I knew there was something peculiar about you," she said. "And I mean that as the highest compliment.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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#28

“The Beautiful Lady told me that her instructions would always serve good purposes,” Cindy said. “She said some of the good purposes wouldn’t be revealed until they could best serve the need that created the purpose.”
― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings

tags: childhood-struggles, children-s-rights, courtroom-justice, divine-guidance, fighting-for-justice, inspirational-tale, miracles-in-action, pain-and-recovery, perseverance-through-pain, testimony

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#29

“Make no mistake: You will be challenged at some point in time. We all are. That’s just life.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: challenge, healing, inspiring, life-skills, motivating, personal-branding, realism, reality, refelctive, self-refelction

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#30

“We need to embrace deliverance in the body of Christ so that God’s people can receive their full inheritance and be free from the chains of the devil.”
― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression

tags: believe, change, courage, dig-deep, don-t-judge, explore, faith, find-yourself, goal-setting, jesus

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