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    Barry Kirwan
    “You’ve enlarged your original mission parameters. That’s what happens in war.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, When the children come
    tags: drama, fight, suspense, thriller, war
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    “Find people who are fighting the same illness that you are.”
    ― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
    tags: community, eye-opening, health, mental-health, physical-ailments, post-transplant, spiritual-health, transformation, transition, transplant
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    Max Nowaz
    “Just now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
    ― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
    tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller
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    Milan Kordestani
    “By overcoming biases - be it through a closer and more honest examination of ourselves, deeper self-knowledge, an understanding of the patterns of thoughts and behaviors we experience, or any other method - we can undo these mental blocks and reignite a passion for honest, genuine, and will-intentioned discourse.”
    ― Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
    tags: communication, family, health, lifestyle, self-help, skills, social, teens, thought-provoking, ya
    76 likes

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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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    Michael G. Kramer
    “I said to Hun Sen, “Thank you, Hun! You have also told me that there was a kidnapping incident which almost bankrupted your family! Can you please elaborate upon that?”

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: army, band-of-brothers, family, front-line, guns, love, loyalty, military-budget, pilots
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    Steven Decker
    “Dani didn’t recognize the song, but the unmistakable sound of the band that no one had sounded like before or since was in the air.”
    ― Steven Decker, Time Chain: A Time Travel Novel
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    Aimee Cabo Nikolov
    “#metooasachild”
    ― Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
    tags: metooasachild
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    Anne Michaud
    “Even some of Bill and Hillary’s harshest political critics admire their success as parents.”
    ― Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “A look of absolute terror locked onto her features.”
    ― 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
    305 likes

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    Pearl S. Buck
    “It is easy to destroy but hard to create. Remember that, when you want to destroy something.” The”
    ― Pearl S. Buck, The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “I think he loved us equally, but differently.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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    James Herriot
    “a realisation of my blessings began to return when I slid into bed and Helen, instead of shrinking away from me as it would have been natural to do, deliberately draped her feet and legs over the human ice block that was her husband. The bliss was unbelievable. It was worth getting out just to come back to this.”
    ― James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful
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    Nicholas Sparks
    “We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
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    Virginia Woolf
    “These moments of escape are not to be despised. They come too seldom.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, The Waves
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    Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
    “The Mother of God. Good-looking. Well-dressed. A good person. Knows how to make the absolute best of a situation. And never uppity about any of it.”
    ― Kathleen Zamboni McCormick, Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood
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    Barry Kirwan
    “Nathan ran a palm over his forehead. He was on a mission with Taliban terrorists. His old sarge would be puking in his grave. He’d always maintained that the enemy of your enemy was still your fucking enemy.”
    ― Barry Kirwan, When the children come
    tags: dark, drama, fiction, suspense, thriller-novels
    99 likes

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    Susan Rowland
    “There was no going back now. Rubber and metal could only take so much. The car could shatter and send its passengers into an elemental distillation of rock, flesh, blood, and ash. Alchemy, thought Mary, grimly. Too much bloody alchemy.”
    ― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
    tags: action, adventure, danger, dramatic, fast-paced, fear, insight, mystery, trauma
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    Sara Pascoe
    “Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual.”
    ― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
    tags: adventure, engaging, fiction, literature, new-adult, romance, ya, ya-litterature
    429 likes

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    “Throughout the process, you must show gratitude to those who have helped you get to where you are.”
    ― Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
    tags: anecdotes, challenge, decisions, faith, fortitude, living-with-pain, overcome, survive, triumph
    223 likes

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    J.K. Franko
    “Pretty isn’t permanent.”
    ― J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle
    tags: action, crime, drama, exciting, murder-thriller, past, suspicion
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    Gabriel F.W. Koch
    “Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad.”
    ― 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
    368 likes

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    Michael G. Kramer
    “On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy in Saigon.

    (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
    ― Michael G. Kramer
    tags: destruction, difficulty, fighting, military, ptsd, real-life, true-story, uncertainty, vietnam, war
    155 likes

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    Neal Shusterman
    “So what happens when your universe begins to get off balance, and you don’t have any experience with bringing it back to center? All you can do is fight a losing battle, waiting for those walls to collapse, and your life to become one huge mystery ashtray.”
    ― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep
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    Laura Ingalls Wilder
    “be sick at his stomach. He managed to say, “No,”
    ― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farmer Boy
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    Victor Hugo
    “Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”
    ― Victor Hugo
    tags: happiness
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    Walter Farley
    “On January 1, 1919, all the yearlings in the big stable celebrated their second birthday. It didn’t matter that all of them had some months to go before they were actually two years of age. Officially, in the eyes of the Thoroughbred Racing Association, they were two-year-olds, grown up and old enough to begin their racing careers the following spring.”
    ― Walter Farley, Man O'War
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    Sara Pascoe
    “Even though it's only a minority of men who are violent or predatory, I don't know if men realise that girls are trained our entire lives to minimise the danger from you - and blamed if we don't.”
    ― Sara Pascoe
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    Max Nowaz
    “You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,” shrieked his hellish voice. Whether the beast was a man in a mask or a demon of his imagination, made little difference to Adam, He was petrified.”
    ― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master
    tags: action, danger, fear, fiction, fiction-novel, insight, thriller, trauma, unpredictable
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    “Cognitive robotics can integrate information from pre-operation medical records with real-time operating metrics to guide and enhance the precision of physicians’ instruments. By processing data from genuine surgical experiences, they’re able to provide new and improved insights and techniques. These kinds of improvements can improve patient outcomes and boost trust in AI throughout the surgery. Robotics can lead to a 21% reduction in length of stay.”
    ― Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
    tags: balance, education, educational, help, improvement, learning, obstacles, past, present, treatment
    402 likes



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