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#1

“Aurelia, not all those women are uppity aristocratic bitches. Most of them are normal nice girls trying to survive in shark-infested waters, so if you want to make a difference, why not go in there and change the way things work?" "How?" Marcus smiled deviously. "By unseating the queen bee and changing the rules." "That sounds like a great idea, Colonel. Lead me to the beehive.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: adventure, dramatic, dystopian, fantasy, fiction-action, good-v-s-evil, mystery, science-fiction

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#2

“He thrust his shoulders back and spoke in a whisper that sounded like the hiss of a snake.
鈥榊es, the very battle between good and evil, played out even in the lowliest of lives like yours. Witches killing dogs because they did not get their favourite drink.”
― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

tags: adventure, curses, enchanting, fiction, intrigue, magic, magical, magical-realm, unpredictable, ya-litterature

433 likes

#3

“Once again, the 90/10 rule of money applies - 10% of the borrowers in the world use debt to get richer - 90% use debt to get poorer.”
― Robert Kiyosaki, Why We Want You To Be Rich

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#4

“This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone's faith; however, if one's faith can be shaken by stories in a humorous novel, one may have a bit more praying to do.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ鈥檚 Childhood Pal

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#5

“(Question: What will happen after Cuba builds communism? Answer: It will start importing sugar. Question: What鈥檚 the difference between capitalism and communism? Answer: Under capitalism, man exploits man; under communism, it鈥檚 the other way around)”
― Chaim Potok, The Gates of November

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#6

“Leave me alone, let me have at least one night when I don't cry myself to sleep with eyes burning and my head pounding. Let me get away, away from everything, away from this world!”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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#7

“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;”
― Founding Fathers, The Declaration of Independence

tags: declaration-of-independence, democracy, government, revolution, state

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#8

“It does little good to regret a choice. So often people say, 鈥淚f only I had known,鈥� implying they would鈥檝e acted differently in a given situation. It is true that desires of the moment can blind one鈥檚 sight of the future. Revenge is not as sweet as the adage claims. Yet who could pass a chance to taste it? And if the chance were allowed to slip by, would the fool regret his lack of action?聽”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

tags: adventure, fantasy-adventure, fascinating, fiction, humour, intrigue, journal, magic, spiritual

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#9

“Forget professional,鈥� Penny said. 鈥淭onight, you and I are just man and woman like Adam and Eve, Tarzan and Jane.”
― Shafter Bailey, James Ed Hoskins and the One-Room Schoolhouse: The Unprosecuted Crime Against Children

tags: activism, american-south, conflict, historical-education, innovation, personal-ethics, rural-schools, teaching-methods, traditional-values, transformation

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#10

“Even the youngest must have known they were now steaming away from the country of their birth, never to return. They鈥檇 all suffered through the trauma of the war and the loss of their parents and were presently being further traumatized by their banishment to Australia.”
― Steven Decker, One More Life to Live

tags: adventure, bitter, classic-historical-fiction, hope, meaningful, mystery, overcoming-adversity, post-war-england, soul, traumatic-childhood

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#11

“Out of the bedroom window, Tara watches the silver moon in the night sky cast a faint glow on the pine trees.聽 Ian was right.聽 It鈥檚 time to move on.聽 Not to forget, but to forge ahead.”
― Dawn Chalker

tags: accepting, connection, destiny, feelings, finding-yourself, future, love, motivation, moving-on, uplifting

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#12

“If your world is out there and you are in here then the only things that will gather within these walls are time and bitterness. Eventually, that bitterness will eat away at you and leave nothing behind but resentment and hate.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

tags: coping-mechanism, philosophical-musings, prison-philosophy

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#13

“The explanation seemed to satisfy Rafe, although it concerned him that perhaps the new King had discovered that some of the trinkets from his warehouse were missing. Raimund was also concerned, although he did not let Rafe know. He could almost feel the red stone he still kept in his pocket rejoicing; its master was searching for it.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

tags: fantasy-fiction, historical-fiction, medieval-fantasy

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#14

“Whether you are on day one of being a Christian or day fifteen thousand, you should always have a teachable heart before God.”
― Kathryn Krick, The Secret of the Anointing: Accessing the Power of God to Walk in Miracles

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#15

“The teacher pulled out a pile of papers. They were Bennie鈥檚 tests and homework assignments. Mrs. Lewis said, 鈥淢a鈥檃m, here is the proof that Bennie isn鈥檛 up to a fourth grade level. He has an F on several of these assignments. In fact, a zero grade is too high for some of Bennie鈥檚 work this last year.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

tags: bullies, deeper-understanding, dysfunctional-families, family, life-lessons, memoir, raw, schizophrenic, struggle

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#16

“Make no mistake: You will be challenged at some point in time. We all are. That鈥檚 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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#17

“But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home he may have in a foreign country, if it be far from father or mother, he does not care about it.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

tags: adventure, epic, epic-greece, greece, greek, odysseus, odyssey

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#18

“Every flight begins with a fall.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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#19

“That made the Germans nothing better than animals and naturally you got interested”
― Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

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#20

“Our whole strategy must be to prevent the Allies from securing a beachhead, because once they achieve that, the battle is lost鈥erhaps even the war.”
― Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle

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#21

“They had almost reached their horses when Neal's unmistakable drawl sounded through the stable: "Joren is so pretty. Say, Garvey, are you two friends because you can have him?”
― Tamora Pierce, Page

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#22

“One can't always be magnificent, but simplicity is always a possible alternative.”
― H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon

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#23

“If you want to be great, you have to be a leader. You鈥檝e got to listen to me, son. That鈥檚 what we brought you here to do, to be a leader. And you can do it.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: biography, experiences, healing, journey, life, life-journey, self-discovery, teaching, time, travel

175 likes

#24

“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

1515 likes

#25

“Although enemy forces had overrun the mortar and some gun positions, they did not have everything their own way.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: documented, factual, indochina-war, insightful, recount-of-war, united, unity, unrest, warring, world

143 likes

#26

“God鈥檚 people must be free!”
― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression

tags: change, determination, devoted, faith, freedom, god, growth, heal, learn, peace

141 likes

#27

“He was sure people detested accountants; they were boring. In fact, he had put down his profession as an airline pilot on the form he had filled in for a dating agency. As an airline pilot you could be away just the right amount of time, when you needed a break from your love life, without facing awkward questions from her when you got back.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

tags: action, adventure-books, fantasy, fantasy-adventure, fantasy-thriller, fiction, humour, magic, magical-realm, thriller

361 likes

#28

“We must go back to the firm discipline and simplicity of the one-room schoolhouse to find a better education for our children.”
― Shafter Bailey, James Ed Hoskins and the One-Room Schoolhouse: The Unprosecuted Crime Against Children

tags: civic-leadership, curriculum-reform, educational-principles, grassroots-efforts, historical-context, kentucky-politics, merit-based-systems, moral-dilemmas, policy-change, societal-reform

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#29

“Make notes鈥擨鈥檝e lost more material than I鈥檝e ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it鈥檚 not still up there in one鈥檚 brain. It鈥檚 in outer space and it ain鈥檛 coming back.”
― Judith Guest

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#30

“The year of the birth of Israel, the year of the Republican tax cut and the Truman Balcony, would be remembered also as the year green (chlorophyll) chewing gum became a fad, the year of a new word game called 鈥淪crabble,鈥� of tail fins on Cadillacs, and an unimaginably daring new bathing suit called the bikini, after the island where the atomic bomb tests were carried out the summer before.”
― David McCullough, Truman

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