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    Max Nowaz
    “You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, mystery, profound, trauma
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    Michael G. Kramer
    “A French lieutenant was asked by the commander of the French forces, “Jean, it seems to me that many people are only saying the things they think that I want to hear. Accordingly, what I am getting is not information, it is fucking bullshit!”
    ― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
    tags: american-army, dangerous, divided, division, french-army, helpless, humanity, invasion, political, vietnam
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    Todor Bombov
    “This book was under arrest, along with its author. This event occurred on March 27, 1986. During that time, the totalitarian system in East Europe was called socialism and even by the scientific nonsense and absurd names of Communism and Communist system. In this system, the official ideology was allegedly Marxism, but really it could not endure any Marxist criticism. Since this “socialist” system was afraid of the weapon of criticism, it applied criticism of the weapon against its own citizens, as Marx would have said.”
    ― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face
    tags: economic-theory, economy, equality, freedom, humanity, liberty, new-government, politics, radical, state
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    “Private Detective, John Ballou, opened his glove compartment and took out his Colt 45 thinking an ex-con might be setting him up to settle an old score. He checked the bullet clip and slipped the powerful pistol into his coat pocket.”
    ― Shafter Bailey, James Ed Hoskins and the One-Room Schoolhouse: The Unprosecuted Crime Against Children
    tags: american-history, classroom-reform, educational-debates, inspirational-leaders, leadership-ethics, practical-reform, principled-leadership, professional-dedication, rural-education, societal-ethics
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    “I remember Peyton [Manning] called me as soon as I got out to Denver. He started the conversation by asking me, ‘When did you get in?’ We mainly just talked to get familiar with each other.”
    ― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
    tags: grief, humour, imagination, literary-fiction, love, neighbours, rural-fiction, small-town, small-town-fiction
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    Sara Pascoe
    “The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: action, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, historical-fantasy, magic, thriller, urban-fantasy, ya-paranormal
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    Frances Hodgson Burnett
    “If Nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that- warm things, kind things, sweet things-help and comfort and laughter- and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.”
    ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess
    tags: generosity
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    Marissa Meyer
    “You could move to Europe."
    "You know, I've actually been considering that lately."
    Kai laughed again, the warmth returning to the sound. "If that's not a vote of confidence, I don't know what is.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cinder
    tags: cinder, kai, prince
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    Harper Lee
    “Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are.”
    ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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    Mary Ann Shaffer
    “Of all the things that happened during the war, this one -- making your children go away to try to keep them safe -- was surely the most terrible. I don't know how they endured it. It defies the animal instinct to protect your young. I see myself becoming bearlike around Kit. Even when I'm not actually watching her, I'm watching her. If she's in any danger (which she often is, given her taste in climbing), my hackles rise -- I didn't even know I HAD hackles before -- and I run to rescue her.”
    ― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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    Jonathan Swift
    “We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.”
    ― Jonathan Swift
    tags: criticism, critics
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