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"For the second time since meeting her, Echo looked as if I'd slapped her. Water pooled at the bottom edges of her eyes, her cheeks flushed red and she blinked rapidly. She'd succeeded in making me feel like a d*ck again."

"For the second time since meeting her, Echo looked as if I'd slapped her. Water pooled at the bottom edges of her eyes, her cheeks flushed red and she blinked rapidly. She'd succeeded in making me feel like a d*ck again."

Katie McGarry, American Author

Emotion, Regret, Interaction, Observation

27

"It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality."

"It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Media, Murder, Reality

27

"I hate and fear violence myself, have always avoided barroom brawls, and tho' I'm a bit of a gun-nut, and a member of the NRA, I never shoot at anything but beer cans and mule deer. (In season.) And seldom hit either, except by accident."

"I hate and fear violence myself, have always avoided barroom brawls, and tho' I'm a bit of a gun-nut, and a member of the NRA, I never shoot at anything but beer cans and mule deer. (In season.) And seldom hit either, except by accident."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Society, Violence, Observation, Truth, Ethics

27

"Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value."

"Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value."

Rob Liano, American Author

Confidence, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Self-Love

27

"You must be a blessing to other people while you are still on this earth."

"You must be a blessing to other people while you are still on this earth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Blessing, Others, Life, Purpose

27

"At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance."

"At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance."

Paul Tournier, Swiss Author

Heart, Acceptance, Being, Personality

27

"I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing."

"I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing."

Joan Didion, American Author

Writing, Creativity, Imagination, Expression, Observation

27

"And the sorrow sent her spiraling back into sickness."

"And the sorrow sent her spiraling back into sickness."

Kenya Wright, American Author

Health, Sorrow, Pain, Emotion

27

"If we care for our spiritual needs, we shall find strength for any other well-being."

"If we care for our spiritual needs, we shall find strength for any other well-being."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Spiritual, Spirituality, Well-being, Strength, Care

27

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

Nancy Friday, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Gratitude, Children

27

"Take a break to listen to the song of the wind, talk to the whispering trees, feel the love of flowers, dance with the dancing leaves, and enjoy the tranquility and serenity of nature."

"Take a break to listen to the song of the wind, talk to the whispering trees, feel the love of flowers, dance with the dancing leaves, and enjoy the tranquility and serenity of nature."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Nature, Peace, Tranquility, Mindfulness

27

"When a problem or a difficult situation arises, say to yourself, as if you already believe it: 'This is for my benefit."

"When a problem or a difficult situation arises, say to yourself, as if you already believe it: 'This is for my benefit."

Chris Prentiss, American Author

Expression, Belief, Choice, Reality, Emotion

27

"You are the author of your success. Every day, you write another page to the chapter of success for you life. Practice at becoming an excellent person, at what you want to be best at."

"You are the author of your success. Every day, you write another page to the chapter of success for you life. Practice at becoming an excellent person, at what you want to be best at."

Mark F. LaMoure, American Author

Success, Writing, Practice, Discipline

27

"I have a big hole in my heart, ' I said. 'But it'll close over.'I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil, ' she said. 'But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?'That's good advice, ' I said. 'I hope I can manage it."

"I have a big hole in my heart, ' I said. 'But it'll close over.'I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil, ' she said. 'But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?'That's good advice, ' I said. 'I hope I can manage it."

Charlaine Harris, American Author

Healing, Pain, Advice, Emotion

27

"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

Family, Childhood

27

"Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect."

"Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect."

Alan Dean Foster, American Author

Writing, Day, Result

27

"Life is a race against disappearing time."

"Life is a race against disappearing time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Urgency, Race, Life, Time

27

"Those who have FAITH believe that the Sun will Rise. They don't wake up in the morning and look out to see if the sun has failed them."

"Those who have FAITH believe that the Sun will Rise. They don't wake up in the morning and look out to see if the sun has failed them."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Faith, Sun, Belief, Hope

27

"Your past is where you learned the lesson. Now is when you get to apply it."

"Your past is where you learned the lesson. Now is when you get to apply it."

Karen Salmansohn, American Author

Learning, Growth, Experience, Life

27

"I'd never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues."

"I'd never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues."

Charlaine Harris, American Author

Life, Death, Surrealism, Change

27

"The more we learn of outer space and inner space, of quasars and quarks, of Big Bangs and Little Blips, the more remote, abstract and intellectually inconsequential it all becomes."

"The more we learn of outer space and inner space, of quasars and quarks, of Big Bangs and Little Blips, the more remote, abstract and intellectually inconsequential it all becomes."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Knowledge, Science, Existence, Observation

27

"Once he has outgrown his youth, a man will rarely remain a prisoner to his insolence. He had thought it was the only way to behave; then he suddenly discovers that, even for a prince, there are such things as music, literature, not to speak of standing for the post of deputy."

"Once he has outgrown his youth, a man will rarely remain a prisoner to his insolence. He had thought it was the only way to behave; then he suddenly discovers that, even for a prince, there are such things as music, literature, not to speak of standing for the post of deputy."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Growth, Youth, Maturity, Culture, Learning

27

"His words were almost soundless. 'I've gotten to a really dark place, Melly. The darkest place I've ever been.'You don't have to be there anymore, ' she told him gently. 'Don't you know what happens at the darkest point of the day?'He stroked her soft lower lip with the ball of one thumb. 'What?'She rubbed her fingers soothingly along his muscled forearms. 'A beautiful, brand - new day begins, and it's all fresh and full of promise.' She smiled into his gaze. 'That's why magic in the fairy tales happens at midnight, you know. When you reach that point, you have the power to change everything."

Thea Harrison, American Author

Darkness, Hope, Healing, Love

27

"I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old."

"I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old."

Sarah Vowell, American Author

People, Old, Public

27

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

Mark Twain, American Author

Life, Work, Body, Play

27

"Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words."

"Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words."

Wally Lamb, American Author

Attention, Behavior, First, Hardship

27

"May my children, fear, know and walk with God."

"May my children, fear, know and walk with God."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Religious, Children, Fear, Walk, God

27

"Loss has no friend, no allies, no benefit to the human spirit."

"Loss has no friend, no allies, no benefit to the human spirit."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Loss, Isolation, Emotion, Impact

27

"Do not go gentle. So I fight. I fight the only way I know how."

"Do not go gentle. So I fight. I fight the only way I know how."

Ally Condie, American Author

Strength, Resistance, Will, Courage

27

"The world's biggest tree, the redwood tree was once a little nut that just kept growing regardless of weather."

"The world's biggest tree, the redwood tree was once a little nut that just kept growing regardless of weather."

Mark F. LaMoure, American Author

Discipline, Nature, Growth, Persistence, Time

27

"May God defend, protect, provide and redeem you."

"May God defend, protect, provide and redeem you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Religious, God, Protect, Provide, Redeem

27

"I know that you are my guard, and you are my best friend. I know you would die for me. And I know that should that ever happen, I would die immediately after."

"I know that you are my guard, and you are my best friend. I know you would die for me. And I know that should that ever happen, I would die immediately after."

Marissa Meyer, American Author

Loyalty, Sacrifice, Friendship, Trust

27

"There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work."

"There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work."

Chaim Potok, American Author

Work, Present, Religious

27

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

Time, Sense, Will, World

27

"It's okay to aspire to a better life, but don't let it stop you from enjoying the life you already have."

"It's okay to aspire to a better life, but don't let it stop you from enjoying the life you already have."

Domonique Bertolucci, Australian Author

Life, Aspiration, Happiness, Truth

27

"It is thus that man, with fervent imagination, can endue the rough stone with loveliness, forge the mis-shapen metal into a likeness of all that wins our hearts by exceeding beauty, and breathe into a dissonant trump soul-melting harmonies. The mind of man-that mystery, which may lend arms against itself, teaching vain lessons of material philosophy, but which, in the very act, shows its power to play with all created things, adding the sweetness of its own essence to the sweetest, taking its ugliness from the deformed."

"It is thus that man, with fervent imagination, can endue the rough stone with loveliness, forge the mis-shapen metal into a likeness of all that wins our hearts by exceeding beauty, and breathe into a dissonant trump soul-melting harmonies. The mind of man-that mystery, which may lend arms against itself, teaching vain lessons of material philosophy, but which, in the very act, shows its power to play with all created things, adding the sweetness of its own essence to the sweetest, taking its ugliness from the deformed."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Art, Creativity, Imagination, Expression

27

"I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were stray pieces of other puzzles, tired of never fitting."

"I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were stray pieces of other puzzles, tired of never fitting."

Katie McGarry, American Author

Belonging, Community, Healing, Connection

27

"I was too pessimistic for an optimist to live with."

"I was too pessimistic for an optimist to live with."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Emotion, Pessimism, Optimism, Life

27

"The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped."

"The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped."

Robert Fritz, American Author

Choice, Choices, Creation, Results

27

"I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now."

"I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now."

Donna Leon, American Author

Books, Memory, Now

27

"If not towards his case to give him glimpses of what could be a happy future, it stayed back at least to warrant her happiness, stayed back with the pain that strangely didn't hurt anymore."

"If not towards his case to give him glimpses of what could be a happy future, it stayed back at least to warrant her happiness, stayed back with the pain that strangely didn't hurt anymore."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Love, Hope, Future, Pain

27

"Today did take the time to say: 'I believe in myself,' at least 20 times today? You can never say it too much."

"Today did take the time to say: 'I believe in myself,' at least 20 times today? You can never say it too much."

Mark F. LaMoure, American Author

Friendship, Affirmation, Self, Confidence, Growth

27

"You idiot!' She spat, flattening her ears. 'What are you doing in my territory?'Drowning?' Replied Graystripe. 'Can't you do that in your own territory?' 'Ah, but who would rescue me there?"

"You idiot!' She spat, flattening her ears. 'What are you doing in my territory?'Drowning?' Replied Graystripe. 'Can't you do that in your own territory?' 'Ah, but who would rescue me there?"

Erin Hunter, British Author

Conflict, Humor, Survival, Dialogue

27

"Nature will teach us many lessons if we take the time to visit her classroom."

"Nature will teach us many lessons if we take the time to visit her classroom."

Donald L. Hicks, American Author

Nature, Learning, Wisdom, Observation

27

"Great leaders die empty. They live to offload everything they put in them! Don't die with your books in your mind unpublished!"

"Great leaders die empty. They live to offload everything they put in them! Don't die with your books in your mind unpublished!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Leadership, Legacy, Success, Inspiration

27

"I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it."

"I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it."

Tony Hillerman, American Author

Books, Humanity

27

"The Anglican service today was more familiar to me from movies. Like one of the great Shakespeare speeches, the graveside oration, studded in fragments in the memory, was a succession of brilliant phrases, book titles, dying cadences that breathed life, pure alertness, along the spine."

"The Anglican service today was more familiar to me from movies. Like one of the great Shakespeare speeches, the graveside oration, studded in fragments in the memory, was a succession of brilliant phrases, book titles, dying cadences that breathed life, pure alertness, along the spine."

Ian McEwan, British Author

Art, Observation, Beauty, Literature, Memory

27

"It's amazing how drastically your life can change when you stop accepting shit you hate."

"It's amazing how drastically your life can change when you stop accepting shit you hate."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Transformation, Change, Life, Acceptance, StopHate

27

"Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn't validate your worth."

"Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn't validate your worth."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Self, Dignity, Validation, Self-Worth, People

27

"We need the Fallen Legion, I said without preamble, trying to catch my breath after running after her.'And I need an evil-proof bubble to put Jules in, Firen said dryly.'That'll teach me to start off a conversation with a demand, I grumbled."

"We need the Fallen Legion, I said without preamble, trying to catch my breath after running after her.'And I need an evil-proof bubble to put Jules in, Firen said dryly.'That'll teach me to start off a conversation with a demand, I grumbled."

Laura Kreitzer, American Author

Desire, Strategy, Conflict, Teamwork, Humor

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