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#1

“The Arabs poisoned the wells before they left鈥攔otten dead animals dropped in.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

tags: betrayal, chase, conspiracy, detective, fugitive, high-stakes, revenge, secrets, survival, undercover

25 likes

#2

“Sometimes truths are what we run from, and sometimes they are what we seek.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

tags: philosophical-musings, reflection

583 likes

#3

“I call my accent Frenglian. A wee bit of French mixed with English and Sicilian." She emitted a small chuckle at her new made-up word.”
― Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard The Quiet

tags: evocative, fear-and-courage, personal-redemption, quiet-thriller, rural-canada, secrets-of-the-past, shocking-twists, small-town-suspense, survival, trust

78 likes

#4

“That noise you are hearing, drowning out鈥╰he blows of life, is the wind touching the fronds of the thirty or so eighty-foot-tall palm trees encircling the centrally located swimming pool. You have fun thinking this sound might be the Holy Spirit.”
― Tom Hillman, Digging for God

tags: faith, fiction, human-seeking, insightful, passionate, personal-refelction, refelctive, soul-healing, spirituality, thought-provoking

123 likes

#5

“I remember Peyton [Manning] called me as soon as I got out to Denver. He started the conversation by asking me, 鈥榃hen did you get in?鈥� 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

358 likes

#6

“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

298 likes

#7

“Water was quiet for a bit before it said, 鈥淚 want to tell you about you and me and how we are connected. I鈥檓 part of you and you are part of me. I am part of the trees, the plants, and the rocks. I am part of everything!”
― Ellen J. Lewinberg, Joey and His Friend Water

tags: eco-consciousness, energy, energy-fields, family-time, gratitude, healing, mindfulness, nature-awareness, nurturing-environment, teaching-connection

25 likes

#8

“Death is the ultimate test of faith.”
― 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

301 likes

#9

“The Black Prince is entombed at Canterbury Cathedral. His effigy reads: 鈥淪uch as thou art, sometimes was I, Such as I am, such thou shalt be, I thought little on hour of death, So long as I enjoyed breath, On earth I had great riches, Land, houses, great treasure, Horses money and gold, But now a wretched captive am I, Deep in the ground, lo I lie, My beauty great, is all quite gone, My flesh is wasted to the bone.”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

tags: biographical, british-history, documentary, drama, fictional-drama, historical, isabella, king-edward-ii, research, royalty

143 likes

#10

“If I were seducing you, I鈥檇 have you spread out like fine cuisine, working my way through the menu. From appetizer鈥� to dessert.”
― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire: Action Adventure, Romantic Suspense, Multicultural interracial

tags: action, drama, exciting, exploration, fiction, love, passion, romance, sex, suspense

117 likes

#11

“The sun like a sneaky keyhole view of hell.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

106 likes

#12

“The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

39 likes

#13

“Spare me the Deepak Chopra tribute.”
― Vincent Panettiere, Shared Sorrows

tags: drama, fiction, fiction-novel, guilt, love, mystery-novel, redemption, romance, sorrow, suffering

35 likes

#14

“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.”
― S.E. Hinton

tags: s-e-hinton, the-outsiders

123 likes

#15

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: fantasy, literature, philosophy

5580 likes

#16

“His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

194 likes

#17

“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

1513 likes

#18

“Adrian von Trotha was thinking, 鈥淪oldiers must obey their officers and I shall enforce that! As well, the enemy will not obtain any leniency from me!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

tags: betterment, education, educational, engagement, learning, life, past, present, reflections, soul

144 likes

#19

“If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement. Just him, a quiet mind and his breath.”
― J. Rose Black, Losing My Breath

tags: drama, fiction, fun, general-fiction, laugh-out-loud, love, relationships, romance-novel, satire-fiction, suspense

290 likes

#20

“Soft skin warm against his nose, her pulse beating strong against his cheek, suddenly clear thinking and being the voice of reason were concepts as foreign as a different language.”
― Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire: Action Adventure, Romantic Suspense, Multicultural interracial

tags: attitude, change, confidence, courage, curiosity, explore, fast-paced, fear, full-on, gripping

135 likes

#21

“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

139 likes

#22

“The two stag men entered the round tent and after a few moments reappeared, followed by a man of medium build who was dressed in light blue. His clothing shimmered, reflecting the firelight. Raimund knew immediately that this was the man from his dreams.”
― Robert Reid, The Thief

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

41 likes

#23

“Ah! You speak Levitan,鈥� the man smiled. 鈥淏ut you鈥檙e not from Levita I think.鈥� Like鈥╩ost Levitians he was a good looking man, if perhaps a bit effete for Brown鈥檚 tastes. 鈥ㄢ€淣o, I lived there for a while.鈥� 鈥ㄢ€淒id you enjoy your stay?鈥濃€ㄢ€淯p to a point. The Levitian women are very beautiful.鈥濃€ㄢ€淵es of course. So are the men in Levita,鈥� the man smiled. 鈥淲e used to have a鈥╟leansing programme to ensure a healthy population.鈥濃€ㄢ€淵ou mean a culling policy, where you killed all the weakest members of the鈥╬opulation.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

tags: dark, dark-humour, drama, fiction, mystery, thriller

368 likes

#24

“Good morning,鈥� one of the soldiers said. 鈥淚鈥檓 Captain Joseph Walker and this is Sergeant James Vanetten. We are members of the One-Hundred-and-First Airborne Division, Fort Campbell.鈥�
Wanda nodded
鈥淢ay we know your name?鈥�
鈥淲anda May Divine.鈥�
鈥淎re David and Thomas the first and middle names of your husband?鈥�
鈥渊别蝉.鈥�
鈥淚s he currently deployed in Afghanistan?”
― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings

tags: advocacy, emotional-strength, healing, loss, mental-health, perseverance, recovery, redemption, self-discovery, survival

42 likes

#25

“Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?”
― K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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

666 likes

#26

“That can鈥檛 be right, I thought as my head dropped and my chin pressed against my throat. I didn鈥檛 do it!”
― Steven Decker, INNOCENT AGAIN: A LEGAL THRILLER

tags: betrayal, dramatic, fiction, fiction-novel, intrigue, investigation, mystery, noir-mystery, suspense, thriller

22 likes

#27

“There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That鈥檚 perfectly all right: it鈥檚 the aperture to finding out what鈥檚 right. Science is a self-correcting process.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

tags: error-and-truth, science

39 likes

#28

“Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking.
Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going
soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to
business. Now get out of my sight.”
― Mario Puzo

20 likes

#29

“Gabriel”
― Wilson Rawls, Summer of the Monkeys

12 likes

#30

“Roza." His voice had that same wonderful lowness, the same accent . . . it
was all just colder. "You forgot my first lesson: Don鈥檛 hesitate.”
― Richelle Mead, Blood Promise

tags: blood-promise, dimitri, mead, richelle, vampire-academy

1259 likes

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