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#1

“He had an intrusive gaze and quietly confident manner, that seemed to strip away the layers of protective deception Scott would usually adopt around strangers.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: philosophical-musings

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#2

“Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.”
― Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus

tags: ecstasy, love, passion, sexuality

584 likes

#3

“პანტოში მჯდარი ბანი პენისს იღებს და ისე ანძრევს, რომ გათავებისას თავი უკან უვარდება და ავდრიან ღამეში დაბმული მხეცივით ღმუის. უცებ გრძნობს, რომ ყველაფერი, რაც ამ ღამით ეზმანა – ქარი, სატელეფონო ზარები, უცნობი ადამიანის პანღური – მისი შინაგანი გლოვის გამოხატულებაა და მეტი არაფერი. ხვდება, ძალიან კარგად ხვდება, რომ სულ მალე ეს მოჩვენებები ბოლოს მოუღებენ. მიუხედავად ამისა, მხოლოდ იმაზე ფიქრობს, ნეტავ ეს ძუკნა ჯორჯია ასე რატომ მომექცაო. ჯანდაბა.”
― Nick Cave, The Death of Bunny Munro

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#4

“You were my best friend. I was supposed to know you.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale, Vol. 01

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#5

“Here I am, my genome, my signature, an encapsulation of myself, everything you need to know about me. If I match, I can be found.”
― Tom Baldwin, Macom Farm

tags: destruction, drama, exciting, fast-paced, gripping, intense, legal, legal-thrille, suspense

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#6

“Ivy pulls the hood from her blond head and glares at him. “You almost killed me,” she says, massaging her throat. Callum snorts. “Then you’d be dead. I don’t do anything halfway.”
― S.G. Blaise, Proud Pada

tags: adventure, drama, dystopian, fantasy-novel, intergalactic, magical, science, survival, wars

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#7

“The mayor stood, his surprise at her interruption apparent by his twitching mustache. “You—you can’t just burst in here. Who are you?”
― Kirsten Fullmer, Trouble on Main Street

tags: cozy-mystery, small-town-mystery, small-town-romance

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#8

“Sam had never heard of a bear on a boat, but here she sat, on a boat with a bear. ”
― Douglas Weissman, Life Between Seconds

tags: childhood-memories, family, happiness, hardship, life, loss, memories, one, pain, sadness

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#9

“Everyone is recharged for the second half, no bell, no forced learning, no principal’s office for tardiness or absenteeism; instead, a voluntary return to our collective pane of learning. Final conversations simmer down and the attention is refocused.”
― Colin Phelan, The Local School

tags: betterment, engagement, indian-education, journal, learning, life, reflections, soul, truths, value

74 likes

#10

“Keep an open mind and try some new methods.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing

tags: climate, four-seasons, gardening, harvest, harvesting, healthy-vegetable, plant-guide, seasons, sustainable

47 likes

#11

“When we see grey clouds and lightning causing a storm; God shows us His rainbow in its most beautiful form.”
― Carolyn Cutler Hughes

tags: bible, book-of-god, church, hope, illustrations, joy, light, prayer, self-love, young-readers

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#12

“My father was incredibly indecisive. As an example, take his wedding day. He couldn't decide where to sit in the getaway car, decide the fact he was supposed to be driving.”
― John Bennardo, Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake

tags: bad-behaviour, behaviour, entertainment, fast-paced, fiction, hilarious, media-driven, social-media, society, witty

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#13

“At first, she bucked like a wild stag beneath me, and she tried to scream, but the pillow did a good job of muffling her voice. Before long, the bucking stopped, and my wife’s corpse, blue without oxygen, appeared below me like a hideous phantom.”
― Harvey Havel, The Odd and The Strange: A Collection of Very Short Fiction

tags: fantasy, horror, imaginative, literary-fiction, paranormal, politics, sci-fi, science-fiction, slasher

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#14

“As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013.”
― Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

tags: admiration, bonds, controversies, democracy, friends, influential, leaders, policy, research, respec

179 likes

#15

“Frankly, Olan couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a ping pong paddle.”
― Kyle Keyes, Worm Holes

tags: sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, scifi-adventure

218 likes

#16

“To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me, it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.”
― David McCullough”
― Dacid McCullough

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#17

“After many years of joyless life, the blind grandmother had at last found something to make her happy; her days were no longer passed in weariness and darkness, one like the other without pleasure or change, for now she had always something to which she could look forward.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

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#18

“Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

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#19

“A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

tags: lie, lies, truth

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#20

“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
― Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase

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#21

“Of course she is. Hell hath no fury. You're not the only woman scorned. However much you and Ben tell her that it's not about her and that it's just about what went wrong between you and him, she probably can't see it that way. You should have her go talk to somebody.'
'A shrink?'
'Why not? Aren't you seeing someone?'
'I'm not the type.'
'What's the type? You get sick, you see a doctor, right?”
― Nicholas Evans, The Divide

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#22

“At what point does faith become insanity?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: drama, dramatic, fantasy, fiction-novel, fiction-writing, intrigue, magic, mystery, past, wit

823 likes

#23

“Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother. She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze. She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
― Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

tags: american-historical-romance, historical-romance, historical-victorian-romance, history, love, passion, romance, torment, victorian-romance

556 likes

#24

“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

tags: ancient-greece, conflict, drama, educational, greek-gods, iction, insightful, love-story, romance, spartans

328 likes

#25

“What's that Einstein quote about expecting different results from the same person? I shouldn't feel bad - I'm here, aren't I, I'm not the parent who didn't even text. Or the one who locked themselves in their bedroom half of Christmas. Talking like this, it's become clear that we are the main parts. This has all been about us, the sisters. I hadn't realised. I tell my mouth not to share these thoughts and Dana offers me another cigarette.”
― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo: 'Intense, also BRILLIANT, funny and forensically astute.' Marian Keyes

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#26

“Why was bail denied?”
“This is a very small town. The professor was a very popular man, despite some of the reasons why. Besides that, Stella is, at this moment, the most hated women around these parts. It’s far safer for her to be in jail.”
― Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance

tags: action, adventure, crime, dramatic, jail, murder, mystery, suspense, tense, thriller

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#27

“It’s true that AI can mimic the human brain, but it can also outperform us mere humans by discovering complex patterns that no human being could ever process and identify.”
― Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

tags: ai, clinic, data, diagnosis, doctors, healthcare, medicine, patient-care, physicians, therapy

186 likes

#28

“Writing is a refuge. When the world betrays us, we authors find asylum in our literary realms. Our wordlandias are our revitalizing saunas.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

tags: author-quotes, rejuvenation-quotes, writers-inspirational, writers-on-writing, writers-world, writing-life

45 likes

#29

“They don't know what a stand up guy you are."
"Even more so, now that I have four legs, right?”
― Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley

tags: chosen-family, curiosity, hardship, intrigue, legend, loss, murder, nature, secrets, young-adult-fiction

159 likes