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#1

“The rhythmic motion of the silent paddlers carried her, with a sense of inevitability, to her new life as she heard the Twin Otter take off behind her. There was no turning back now, and Connie gripped the sides of the canoe, her heart beating and her hands sweating.”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: adventure, adversity, coming-of-age, drama, hope, immersive, love, romance, ya

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#2

“It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done. What if she had made a disastrous mistake?”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: adventure, descriptive, diverse, fiction, fiction-drama, fiction-writing, heart-warming, intrigue, page-turner, tension

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#3

“As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: adventure, beauty, coming-of-age, descriptive, diverse, drama, fascination, heartbreak, lgbtq

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#4

“The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground.”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: complex, complexing, grief, heartache, homophobia, hopeful, layered, love, medical-challenges, romance

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#5

“Connie followed the tracks of Daisy’s skidoo, passing giant, rosy pink mountains of snow which cast long grey shadows over the ground ahead of them. The sheer vastness of this multicoloured wilderness was hard to comprehend, and Connie was aware of herself and Daisy, speeding along, mere specks in the landscape.”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: adventure, coming-of-age, descriptive, diverse, fiction, fiction-drama, fiction-writing, heart-warming, intrigue, page-turner

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#6

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell when I’m old. I want to have done things.”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: complex, drama, grief, heartache, homophobia, hopeful, layered, love, medical-challenges, romance

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#7

“A thin, flexible, layer of ice had already formed on the water, and the undulating movement caught the light of the setting sun, like a sparkling curtain of light billowing across the bay. Connie tried to capture the moment in her mind as the thin ice shimmered in oranges and reds as it moved between already forming pieces of thicker ice.”
― Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life

tags: adventure, complex, drama, heartache, layered, love, page-turner, romance, tension, travel

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#8

“They remained imprisoned in the CICU, kept alive in physicality by mechanical devices and medicinal support, inexorably suffering. I revered their resiliency, though I struggled to understand whether they were truly resilient or if this was a descriptive term I used to assure myself that what we were doing was just. Could they merely represent physical beings at this point, molecular derivatives of carbon and water, void of souls that had moved on months prior once the universe had delivered their inevitable fate, simply kept alive by us physicians, who ourselves clutched desperately to the most favored of our prehistoric binary measures of success: life?”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: action, burnout, children-s-hospital, drama, healthcare, humour, icu-setting, relationships, stress, trauma

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#9

“When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: action, doctors, domestic, domestic-thriller, fiction, health, medical, medical-fiction, patients, ruin

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#10

“The reality is that the lives of the smallest patients are in our hands, and their clinical condition can change in an instant. No matter how many times you are involved in situations such as this, the physical stress and anxiety as well as the emotional and psychological effects of being immersed in that environment are dramatic and lasting on the human body, mind, and central nervous system. These effects are severe, and I firmly believe that they are cumulative over your lifetime.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: action, doctors, family-life, fiction, health, patients, realistic, ruin, strife

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#11

“One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them what can be done, together.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: action, doctors, domestic-thriller, family-life, fiction, health, patients, realistic, ruin, strife

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#12

“I was able to shake off the near-death experience, and whether it was true or not, I was able to use it as some sort of moral validation as to the importance of my existence, or at least the importance of me completing this job, because clearly God, the universe or whoever understood that there was no other human being alive on this earth stupid enough to take this job.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: doctors, domestic, domestic-thriller, fiction, health, medical, medical-fiction, medical-thriller, patients, ruin

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#13

“It was awful and so surreal to see it unfold before my eyes. I will never forget that sight. The only thing I could think of is that one day you are king of your domain, and the next day you are being escorted to your car by security.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: drama, hospital, personal-growth, re-building, relationships, stress, thriller, trauma

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#14

“I reached and grabbed ahold of the garden rake that was leaned up against the tree, when suddenly I felt my heart begin to race and I began to feel dizzy as my visual field became black. That is the last thing I recall before awakening to find myself lying on the ground in the front yard, with the handle of the rake resting on my chest.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

tags: heartfelt, helping-others, hospital-bureaucracy, humour, manipulation, medical, medical-drama, medical-fiction, overworked, passion

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#15

“The money we spend to help you is really to help ourselves. We invest in you because you will do great things, and we want to be part of it.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: adventure, courage, curiosity, drama, dreams, fiction, intrigue, reality, romance, seeking

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#16

“In my country, we value achievement. People are free to decide what that means to them, and I’ve always considered helping others to be my way of accomplishing something important. I was hoping to serve others with my new job, but that’s history now, so I’m going to have to accomplish something big, or I’ll regret it for the rest of my life.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: achievement, compelling, dreams, emotional, goals, romance, seeking, sports-romance, survivor, women-s-literature

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#17

“Ancient Chinese believe that when you dream, your soul leaves your body and travels to dream world. In dream world, there is no time. No past, no present, no future. When you remember dreams, it is very important to interpret those dreams because dreams you remember are very important to your future.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: adventure, courage, curiosity, drama, dreams, emotions, fiction, intrigue, reality, romance

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#18

“My people believe in balance,” he said. “We believe that all living things—plants, animals, people—have an intelligent spirit, and that they all make important contributions to the balance of the world.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: adventure, compelling, dreams, emotional, reality, romance, seeking, sports-romance, survivor, women-s-literature

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#19

“If you hope for something, truly yearn for it from deep inside yourself, you have to try everything you can to make it come true. That’s the key to life, my young friend. You won’t always succeed, but knowing you’ve tried your best will carry you through. And sometimes, when you do succeed in making your hopes real, it allows all the beauty of being here on this earth to fill you up with joy.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: adventure, compelling, dreams, emotional, reality, romance, seeking, sports-romance, survivor, women-s-literature

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#20

“My people are taught from a young age to try to remember their dreams, to learn from them, and to aspire to achieve their dreams in the physical world.”
― Steven Decker, Projector for Sale

tags: adventure, courage, curiosity, drama, dreams, emotions, fiction, intrigue, romance, seeking

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#21

“no one seemed to be thinking about how the “scandal” was affecting the lives of WE Charity’s beneficiaries. Her constant refrain was “The biggest loss was to the children.”
― Tawfiq S. Rangwala, What WE Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity

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#22

“The Kielburgers are extremely accomplished and educated people who have demonstrated that they know how to build an organization, sell a vision, and court powerful people. If they had wanted to make loads of money and eat caviar on a private yacht, they could have taken lucrative private-sector jobs and done just that. It is absurd to think that they instead decided to work sixteen-hour days for twenty-five years, spend hundreds of days per year apart from their families, and invest everything they had in building a global charity—all as a means to funnel money back to themselves.”
― Tawfiq S. Rangwala, What WE Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity

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#23

“We’re having another meeting tonight, if you can come,” Yaakov said. “The soldiers are watching the village very closely,” she said, speaking in a whisper. “They are on the lookout for anyone who might be involved in organizing.”
Arguments continued in all corners of the room. One man vehemently warned, “Anyone involved in advancing reforms or revolution against the government could face prison or a firing squad.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: fiction, fiction-writing, historical-romance, love, romance, self-discovery, understanding, women-s-fiction

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#24

“Captain Vaselik was her only chance. She re-tied her kerchief, smoothed her clothes as much as possible and hoped she looked presentable enough as she and the children left for headquarters.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: compassion, fiction, fiction-writing, historical, love, self-discovery, understanding, women-s-fiction

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#25

“Don’t get any ideas,” Vaselik said as Leah left the room. “She’s a widowed Jew and my cook, so forget whatever you’re thinking.” “And you Ivan, what are you thinking?” asked Mikhail. “Less risk than a superior’s wife, no?”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: danger, hope, love, peace, poetic, poignant, revolution, struggle, survival, war

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#26

“Would there be extra payment for my services?” Leah tried not to appear too eager. “Is money all you Jews ever think about?” Vaselik asked. “It’s easy to be so offhand about money when you have it,” she replied coldly.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: demons, fiction, hardship, historical, love, pain, romantic, secrets

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#27

“That evening Vaselik stood at his window watching Leah leave, her baby swaddled in the shaw tied over her shoulder. Leah looked like an apparition from another world.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: family-life, fiction-novel, herritage, historical, history, insight, mystery, romance, struggles, understanding

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#28

“Now she collapsed in a heap next to her boys. Although she was desperate for sleep, worries about getting more food kept her awake.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: danger, hope, peace, poetic, poignant, protests, revolution, struggle, survival, war

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#29

“Tonight must be our secret,“ she said to him. “Swear it.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: drama, fiction, hatred, historical-fiction, history, love, military, russia, struggle, violence

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#30

“The sounds grew louder and closer. At first they were muffles as if wrapped in cotton wool, then they became sharper as guns cracked, horses whinnied, doors mashed open, followed by the awful sounds of people screaming.”
― Beverly Magid, Sown in Tears: A Historical Novel of Love and Struggle

tags: drama, fiction, hatred, historical-fiction, history, love, military, russia, struggle, violence

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