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Each day a whole world passes away, largely unappreciated, numbly relegated to obligation, commerce and routine. One day seems as unremarkable as the next. It's only through the inexorable accretion of days, weeks, months and years, that we come to appreciate with heartbreaking clarity how incredibly unique and precious each lost day has been.
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S.W. Clemens
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Of course I am the only one with the answer. For every lock, there is a key. I created the lock, so I therefore know of the key. - Sobek
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S.W. Lothian (The Cursed Nile (The Quest #2))
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My friends and I live in the American SW because we love it, and love it for its own sake - not merely because it's the last region of the forty-eight states to be buried under asphalt and greed.
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Edward Abbey (Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast)
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Ah, my dear—there’s no way of knowing what your heart can endure until you’re faced with the unendurable and find yourself surviving.
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure of Darkness (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #2))
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Introverts of the World Unite. We’re Here. We’re Uncomfortable. We Want to go Home.
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure of Darkness (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #2))
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Three guys are drinking in a bar when a drunk comes in, staggers up to the counter, and points at the guy in the middle, shouting, "Your mom's the best sex in town!" Everyone expects a fight, but the guy ignores him, so the drunk wanders off and bellies up to the bar at the far end. Ten minutes later, the drunk comes back, points at the same guy, and says, "I just did your mom, and it was sw-eeeeet!" Again, the guy refuses to take the bait, and the drunk goes back to the far end of the bar. Ten minutes later, he comes back and announces, "Your mom liked it!" Finally, the guy interrupts. "Go home, dad, you're drunk.
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Various (101 Dirty Jokes - sexual and adult's jokes)
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Want some help with help with that stick in your ass, love?"
"No. It's quite comfortable, thank you."
"It should be. It's been in there for years." Nix winked at Will. "I hope you'll forgive my wife. She's a bit antisocial."
"And water's a bit wet.
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S.W. Vaughn (Skin Deep (Fae, #1))
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Peace is a fine balance – like a feather standing on its end. It only takes a small breeze to tip it over. But once that has occurred, it is much harder to stand the feather on its end again. Trust is damaged and respect dissolved. - Horus, King of the Gods
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S.W. Lothian (The Cursed Nile (The Quest #2))
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To start your quest you need somewhere to begin, and the best place to begin is at the start. - Horus, King of the Gods
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S.W. Lothian (The Cursed Nile (The Quest #2))
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I find nothing to be more heroic than someone chasing their own dream against all odds.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Ah, you dumb sonovabitch, why’d you let your warrior go?
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S.W. Frank (Awakening (Alfonzo, #5))
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Love is always a battle.
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S.W. Frank (Awakening (Alfonzo, #5))
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The army and SwRI researchers, ever optimistic and open-minded, had already been there and tried that. Cats didn’t care to communicate with the researchers about whether bombs were close by. “Cats were excluded from the final programs because of their demonstrated refusal to cooperate consistently in joint ventures with man.
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Cat Warren (What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs)
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Have you ever seen a world so amazing you wanted to inhale it, like air sucking into a jet engine? And the more you inhaled, the faster you flew, until you knew, without having to ask anyone else, that you were living?
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Something about her reached me on a deeper level than I had ever experienced and it was frightening. It was exciting. It was dangerous.
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sw andersen
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Crime isn't pretty, only fashionably dressed.
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S.W. Frank (Amoroso (Alfonzo, #16))
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Freedom is taken for granted by the free and longed for by those who never had it. But for those who have lost it, the loss burns like the hottest flame.
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S.W. Lothian (Subway | Palliatopia)
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You're not driving home if it's late, though. I am accustomed to dropping my women off at their door," he snickered because he knew she'd blush and he wanted her to, "and sometimes I put them to bed.
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S.W. Frank (Alfonzo (Alfonzo, #1))
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We must remember that the mortals prefer plant-life for food, for next time.”
The other statue nodded in agreement and replied. “Yes. Every day we learn new things Donkor. These mortals have some funny ways don’t they?” - Quest Two: The Cursed Nile
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S.W. Lothian
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Don’t worry yourself. It is better that you are cautious and safe than to be accepting and sorry. Trust must be earned. I hope I have now earned yours.
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S.W. Lothian (The Golden Scarab (The Quest #1))
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Haste represented youth's infirmity.
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S.W. Frank (Ascension (Alfonzo, #2))
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Some people wallow in that sort of tragedy. They let tragedy define their whole lives.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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No one lives a full life without having an impact. Everyone has the power to make those around them happy or miserable, satisfied or frustrated. What more do you want?
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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You could have heard a bee fluff
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S.W. Lothian (The Golden Scarab (The Quest #1))
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…the Birminghams had grown into their eccentricities over time.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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it was so quiet. Reckon I’d have heard an ant shit.
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S.W. Kane (The Bone Jar (Detective Lew Kirby, #1))
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The point on which the town of Seal Cove is built, shelters a small harbor on the south, and a series of lovely secluded coves on the north, one of which lends its name to the town.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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Three guys are drinking in a bar when a drunk comes in, staggers up to the counter, and points at the guy in the middle, shouting, "Your mom's the best sex in town!" Everyone expects a fight, but the guy ignores him, so the drunk wanders off and bellies up to the bar at the far end. Ten minutes later, the drunk comes back, points at the same guy, and says, "I just did your mom, and it was sw-eeeeet!" Again, the guy refuses to take the bait, and the drunk goes back to the far end of the bar. Ten minutes later, he comes back and announces, "Your mom liked it!" Finally, the guy interrupts. "Go home, dad, you're drunk. ♦◊♦◊♦◊♦
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Various (101 Dirty Jokes - sexual and adult's jokes)
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And thus was born The Seal Cove Theoretical Society, devoted to chit-chat, observation, current events, gossip, philosophical debate, and the occasional profound speculation, and bound together by friendship and forgiveness, which we all need, even if we deny it.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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'Venti caramel macchiato, please,' he said. 'Hold the snobbery.'
The barista laughed and hit buttons on his register. 'You sure? We're having a sale on social mobility. The longer your coffee order takes to place, the more you have to pay.'
'Perfect. Reverse consumerism.'
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S.W. Vaughn (Skin Deep (Fae, #1))
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If I were to name the one crying evil of American life, Mr. Derrick, it would be the indifference of the better people to public affairs. It is so in all our great centres. There are other great trusts, God knows, in the United States besides our own dear P. and S.W. Railroad. Every state has its own grievance. If it is not a railroad trust, it is a sugar trust, or an oil trust, or an industrial trust, that exploits the People, because the people allow it. The indifference of the People is the opportunity of the despot. It is as true as that the whole is greater than the part, and the maxim is so old that it is trite - it is laughable. It is neglected and disused for the sake of some new ingenious and complicated theory, some wonderful scheme of reorganization, the fact remains, nevertheless, simple, fundamental, everlasting. The People have but to say 'No' and not the strongest tyranny, political, religious, or financial, that was ever organized, could survive one week.
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Frank Norris (The Octopus: A Story of California)
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Want me to say it? Want me to confess what makes me an actual felon and reserves me a choice spot in hell?”
“Please, Alexandria Patra,” Preton said, “tell me all your regrets.”
Her eyes narrowed. “I taught children to surrender their developing minds to concepts like the greater good or the good of society which can’t exist in any form in this world without actual kids being trampled underneath their untouchable banners.”
Pointing at her own chest, she added, “I taught children that in order to live up to those ‘higher’ ideals they must be obedient—to others, must sacrifice their dreams—to the needs of others. I taught them it was more important to be a part of a group than to stand on their own judgment. I told the non-conforming kids they should feel guilty for wanting to live on their own terms.”
Alexa swept a hand forward, pointing it at Preton. “I then delivered every ego-stripped, dream-crushed child to the power mongers of the world like you, who will use this universally accepted mirage of morality to control them.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Touch me." He instructed as he lifted her hands and placed them on his chest, "See, I am just Alfonzo. I'm human, not the boogey-man," then he smiled reassuringly...
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S.W. Frank (Alfonzo (Alfonzo, #1))
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No one can save anyone else from their own beliefs.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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As Lao Tzu wrote ‘to love strongly gives you strength. To be loved strongly gives you courage.’ So may you both grow stronger and more courageous with each passing year.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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I don’t think the universe has any grand plan for us. It comes down to the decisions we make, and maybe a little luck. We’re not damaged, we’re just human.
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S.W. Lauden (Bad Citizen Corporation (Greg Salem #1))
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WE do not doubt, our mothers knew it.
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2,000 S.W
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The three now faced the moving wall. Trapped, like the last fries in a box with a hungry kid ready to pounce. They had no way to escape.
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S.W. Lothian (The Fallen Pharaoh (The Quest, #3))
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The smell of dead fish lingered in the air, and excited flies darted from fish to fish lapping up the decay.
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S.W. Lothian (The Cursed Nile (The Quest #2))
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Linc was so amazed at what he saw and heard, “This is sooo cool. I love this place. This looks way better than a day spotting weird people at Walmart.
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S.W. Lothian (The Fallen Pharaoh (The Quest, #3))
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Years as a detective on the Kansas City police
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S.W. Hubbard (The Lure (Frank Bennett Adirondack Mountain Mystery #2))
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There is no sanctuary against those who impose their beliefs on others through laws, not one single strip of dry land on this Earth.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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What do you think marks an honorable warrior? His moral aim is to put an end to aggression if others commence it.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Certainty is a fine thing,” the Chancellor allowed. “Though it too often happens that those who are the most entirely certain are also the most entirely wrong.
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Matthew Woodring Stover (Revenge of the Sith[SW REVENGE OF THE SITH M/TV][Mass Market Paperback])
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Now the son of a bitch was saying it was a fluke. Cloud nine to complete shit in ten seconds. The guy wasn't just an emotional roller coaster; he was a whole damned amusement park.
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S.W. Vaughn (Heartsong (Fae, #2))
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I’ve never understood who owns public property—whether it’s the taxpayers, the government, or the person who uses it.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Humanity is capable of such mindless horror. We embody the worst inclinations of all living things on earth — cruelty, hubris, greed, unspeakable violence, and disregard for consequences. And then we turn around and embody the best of all living things on earth — compassion, music, art, literature, scientific inquiry, invention and great imagination. What a burden it is to be human. What a privilege.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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Tapi aku juga sadar kalau kita nggak bisa mengharapkan sesuatu tetap sama seperti yang ada di memori kita. Kehidupan itu kan sifatnya dinamis. Pasti kita nggak akan mengalami hal yang seratus persen sama secara berulang.
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Ria S.W. (Off the Record 2)
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Don’t wait for the perfect time to go after your dreams. There is never a perfect time. Just get on with it, and when you achieve one dream, always have another waiting in the wings. There’s nothing worse than having no goal, nothing to strive for.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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He sighed, Selange was perplexing, and an adulterous prude seemed a contradictory term. She had a fierce spirit one minute and the next she cried like a baby. Damn, he missed her silly ass. [Right now, he could see so damn clear--he wanted the crybaby-fierce adulterous prude in his arms--
He loved this goddamn woman. Period. End of story!]
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S.W. Frank (Awakening (Alfonzo, #5))
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Finally, in late May or early June our breathlessly anticipated gilt-edged invitation to the July 29 wedding arrived. Soon after, we received a silver-edged card inviting us to a private formal ball at Buckingham Palace two nights before the wedding. We had been expecting the first invitation but were totally surprised by the second one. For both invitations, we had to reply to the Lord Chamberlain, Saint James’s Palace, London, SW1. For the wedding, dress was specified as: Uniform, Morning Dress or Lounge Suit. For the ball, dress was: Uniform or Evening Dress. Tiaras Optional. We had no idea what a “lounge suit” was, nor did I have a tiara handy—fortunately tiaras were optional. Help!
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Mary Robertson (The Diana I Knew: Loving Memories of the Friendship Between an American Mother and Her Son's Nanny Who Became the Princess of Wales)
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Ten years ago, when I was living in a small flat above an off-licence in SW1, I learned that the big house next door had been bought by the wife of the dictator of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The street was obviously going down in the world, what with the murder of the nanny Sandra Rivett by that nice Lord Lucan at number 44, and I moved out a few months later. I never met Hope Somoza, but her house became notorious in the street for a burglar alarm that went off with surprising frequency, and for the occasional parties that would cause the street to be jammed solid with Rolls—Royce, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar limousines. Back in Managua, her husband 'Tacho' had taken a mistress, Dinorah, and Hope was no doubt trying to keep her spirits up.
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Salman Rushdie (The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey)
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If the universe comes melting down around you in searing flames and yet you remain alive...
If all the minds of the world bind themselves to insanity and yet you retain your intellectual liberty...
If darkness dissolves the dreams of everyone you know leaving not even a glint of inspiration...
Look within, and pursue your own happiness, pursue it to the f*cking glorious end.
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S.W. Southwick
“
Occasionally, you will come across a wise crack by a pseudoliberal who will refer to God as "she," as if that is the most revolutionary idea known to man, that God could be feminine. Never in such a context is the history of the sexuality of God elucidated, as if it was so obvious to all that God could only be masculine, until the author came along and declared by fiat its femininity. In fact, there did exist matriarchal societies extending from the unknown past into the early historical period. It appears they existed along the "highland zone" which is the foothills extending along the mountainous region from the Pyrenees to the Himalayas. These matriarchal societies influenced the early Sumerian civilization and to a large extent the Minoan civilization, which was one of the few, if not the only matriarchal civilization. These societies were largely overrun and dissipated by invasions of the northern, patriarchal groups but these latter groups did incorporate some matriarchal aspects which exist to this day. For example, although the chief deities of Greece and Rome were masculine, there continued to be a panoply of feminine gods. Or take for example, the history of the Basque people of SW France. Also, when masculine Judaism moved from the Levant to Rome via moderate Christianity and the reconciling Paul, it eventually grafted in the idea of Virgin Mary the Divine. A distant version of this idea stands in New York harbor with her head and torch held high, neither bull dyke nor whore, but La Parisienne. Protestantism, with its northern flatland patriarchal extremism, initially rejected this idea of divine femininity at first but now seems to be coming around.
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Scott Mckee
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The flag story is important, Berntson thought. Before the assault was over, Christmas had sent Frank Thomas, his gunnery sergeant, to find an American flag. He knew it was against the rules. This was a war on behalf of the Republic of Vietnam, and the correct flag to run up the pole at its province headquarters would have been Saigon’s yellow and red ensign. But Christmas’s men had bled and died all the way across southern Hue, not ARVN troops. They had looked up at that enemy flag the whole way. They had taken it down, and they wanted to show who had done it. The Stars and Stripes had earned its place. Berntson continued jotting down Christmas’s words: “‘Proudest moment of my life—to be given opp to do it’ . . . ‘main thought was getting the flag up—so it would fly and everyone could see that flag flying’ . . . Capt. Ron Christmas, 27, 2001 S.W. 36th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FLA CO for 2/5 Hotel . . . ‘street fighting is dirtiest close in. Biggest problem is control—keeping all platoons in line—communication also problem . . . platoons have done extremely well . . . flag. ‘inspiration thing I have ever seen in my lifetime—because it was a hard thing. That feeling of patriotism . . . all you could hear are cheers . . . really brings out America Spirit.’” Hours later, Christmas was paid a visit by two officers, both majors, one army and the other marine. They had been sent by Colonel Hughes from the compound. They said the American flag would have to come down. The South Vietnamese flag was the appropriate one. The men around Christmas were still loading up the wounded and dead. “I don’t think my men are going to like that,” he said. “That doesn’t make any difference,” said one. “You are violating protocol.” “Well, I’ll tell you what,” said Christmas. “If you want to take the flag down, you guys go take it down. But I cannot be responsible for all of my men.” Kaczmarek, who was sitting close enough to overhear the exchange, chose that moment to reposition his rifle. The majors left. The flag remained. Christmas had a gunny sergeant haul it down at sunset, and the next morning a bright yellow South Vietnamese flag flew in its place. But watching Old Glory run up that afternoon was a sight none of the marines who witnessed it would ever regret, or forget.
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Mark Bowden (Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam)
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Like rings in a large tree trunk that had been logged and exposed, every year of her life was visible in the wrinkles that lined her face, neck and arms. She was a living, breathing fossil.
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S.W. Lothian (UFO (Time Square #2))
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Daniel.”
“Ma.”
“Are you well?” She was angry. If the straight-to-voicemail treatment for the last week hadn’t tipped me off, her tone now was a dead giveaway.
“I’m great,” I lied. “And how are you?”
“Fine.”
I laughed, silently. If she heard me laugh, she’d have my balls.
“Did you get my messages?”
“Yes. Thank you for calling.”
I waited for a minute, for her to say more. She didn’t.
“I leave you twenty-one messages, three calls a day, and that’s all you got for me?”
“I’m not going to apologize for needing some time to cool off and I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Who do you think I am? Willy Wonka? You missed my birthday.” She sniffed. And these weren’t crocodile tears either. I’d hurt her feelings.
Ahh, there it is. The acrid taste of guilt.
“Ma . . .”
“I don’t ask for a lot. I love you. I love my children. I want you to call me on my birthday.”
“I know.” I was clutching my chest so my heart didn’t fall out and bleed all over the grass.
“What could have been so important that you couldn’t spare a few minutes for your mother? I was so worried.”
“I did call you—”
“Don’t shit on a plate and tell me it’s fudge, Daniel. You called after midnight.”
I hadn’t come up with a plausible lie for why I hadn’t called on her birthday, because I wasn’t a liar. I hated lying. Premeditated lying, coming up with a story ahead of time, crafting it, was Seamus’s game. If I absolutely had to lie, I subscribed to spur-of-the-moment lying; it made me less of a soulless maggot.
“That’s true, Ma. But I swear I—”
“Don’t you fucking swear, Daniel. Don’t you fucking do that. I raised you kids better.”
“Sorry, sorry.”
“What was so important, huh?” She heaved a watery sigh. “I thought you were in a ditch, dying somewhere. I had Father Matthew on standby to give you your last rights. Was your phone broken?”
“No.”
“Did you forget?” Her voice broke on the last word and it was like being stabbed. The worst.
“No, I sw—ah, I mean, I didn’t forget.” Lie. Lying lie. Lying liar.
“Then what?”
I grimaced, shutting my eyes, taking a deep breath and said, “I’m married.”
Silence.
Complete fucking silence.
I thought maybe she wasn’t even breathing.
Meanwhile, in my brain:
Oh.
Shit.
What.
The.
Fuck.
Have.
I.
Done.
. . . However.
However, on the other hand, I was married. I am married. Not a lie.
Yeah, we hadn’t had the ceremony yet, but the paperwork was filed, and legally speaking, Kat and I were married.
I listened as my mom took a breath, said nothing, and then took another. “Are you pulling my leg with this?” On the plus side, she didn’t sound sad anymore.
“No, no. I promise. I’m married. I—uh—was getting married.”
“Wait a minute, you got married on my birthday?”
Uh . . .
“Uh . . .”
“Daniel?”
“No. We didn’t get married on your birthday.” Shit. Fuck. “We’ve been married for a month, and Kat had an emergency on Wednesday.” Technically, not lies.
“That’s her name? Cat?”
“Kathleen. Her name is Kathleen.”
“Like your great aunt Kathleen?”
Kat wasn’t a thing like my great aunt. “Yeah, the name is spelled the same.”
“Last month? You got married last month?” She sounded bewildered, like she was having trouble keeping up. “Is she—is she Irish?”
“No.”
“Oh. That’s okay. Catholic?”
Oh jeez, I really hadn’t thought this through. Maybe it was time for me to reconsider my spur-of-the-moment approach to lying and just surrender to being a soulless maggot.
“No. She’s not Catholic.”
“Oh.” My mom didn’t sound disappointed, just a little surprised and maybe a little worried. “Daniel, I—you were married last month and I’m only hearing about it now? How long have you known this woman?”
I winced. “Two and a half years.”
“Two and a half years?” she screeched...
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Penny Reid (Marriage of Inconvenience (Knitting in the City, #7))
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Rebecca Norton
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promised he would offer her no escape and
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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BD = f (SW, ES) The sales equation states that a buying decision (BD) is a function (f) of the Six Whys® (SW) (which we’ll get to in a minute) and the buyer’s emotional state (ES). This means that if you are selling to a qualified buyer who has the financial means and authority to purchase your product or service, and you guide that buyer into committing to each of the Six Whys®, and the buyer has a positive emotional state (the collection of emotions he is experiencing at a given time), you will always be able to earn the deal. Here’s another way of saying this.
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David Hoffeld (The Science of Selling: Proven Strategies to Make Your Pitch, Influence Decisions, and Close the Deal)
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The Introvert’s Guide to Networking—
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure in Exile (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #4))
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Doctors are trained to think of death as defeat, so they fight it tooth and nail. In hospice we think of death as part of life. We help our patients meet it with dignity.
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S.W. Hubbard (Blind Eye (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #0.5))
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Agreement doesn't make truth---reality does.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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Uh-oh, I forgot about the whole saying grace aspect of Thanksgiving. I watch Dad closely as hands begin to link around the table. Will he go along? Kyle snatches Dad’s left hand. I exhale in relief as he doesn’t pull away, and I pick up his right. When the circle is fully linked, Betty begins. “Dear Lord, we just want to thank you for the glory and power of your amazing works in bringing us such a magnificent dinner this year….. “Uh-huh.” Vonda and Wesley murmur an affirmation. I should have known this wouldn’t be the quick and tidy Episcopal grace of my grandmother’s table. I cast a furtive glance from under my bangs. How’s Dad holding up? Everyone else is looking down, but Dad is studying Betty intently. “…and Lord, we want to offer up praise for gathering in so many of your lambs that we thought might be lost, but they ain’t lost no more…” “Praise Jesus!” Vonda shouts. Ty and Marcus manage to look both embarrassed and grateful. Dad’s gaze hasn’t left Betty’s face. I’m hoping Betty might be winding down, but she seems to be gathering more steam. “…and Lord we want to shout our praise for sending us the gift of a woman who opened up her home to us today and who gave our Ty a second chance and that would be your sweet child, Audrey…” “Shout it out!’ Vonda calls. “Uh-huh,” the rest of the guests murmur. Dad is silent. I feel his fingers twitch in my hand. Poor little Kyle is ready to face-plant into the mashed potatoes as Betty takes yet another breath. “Lord, ain’t none of us know what tomorrow will bring. Might be joy, might be pain. We try to walk on a righteous path, Lord, but let’s face it, we all sinners and we probably gonna stray. But we know you gonna forgive us. That’s what keeps us goin’. Brothers and sisters, believe the good news—we are forgiven!” Silence shimmers and twists before us. I can’t look up. “Amen.
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S.W. Hubbard (Another Man's Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery, #1))
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Isolation was the final blow. Scattering their unity like a body chopped into seven. Life cannot prevail in each piece; it can only survive as one. With every new grenade that the Institute lobbed, the body of hope died a little bit more.
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S.W. Lothian (Subway | Palliatopia)
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Algorithms [SW11]An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms [SF13]
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David Thomas (The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition)
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Her possessions felt like concrete blocks tied to her feet, dragging her to the bottom of the ocean like a character in a Mafia movie.
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S.W. Hubbard (Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance (Life in Palmyrton, #1))
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When people ask you prying questions about your personal life that you’d rather not answer, look them straight in the eye and reply, ‘Why do you ask?’ That usually makes them back off.
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S.W. Hubbard (Life, Revealed: Isabelle's Story (Life in Palmyrton, #4))
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I’d made so many compromises over the years, I didn’t really notice my happiness slipping away. I’ll tell you this—I like my life better now.
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S.W. Hubbard (Life, At Last: Madalyn's Story (Life in Palmyrton, #3))
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It is your job to tell her the truth, Madalyn. It is her job to make sense of it in whatever way she can.” Everett stroked her hand as he spoke. “Some people rely on religion, some on science, some on fate. Answer all her questions, but don’t try to explain the inexplicable.
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S.W. Hubbard (Life, At Last: Madalyn's Story (Life in Palmyrton, #3))
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You think I’ll get tired of it?” “You don’t have to love it forever. When the curtains aren’t right anymore, pull them down and start over.
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S.W. Hubbard (Life, At Last: Madalyn's Story (Life in Palmyrton, #3))
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husband. He’ll tease me mercilessly. I had told him about my clash with Noreen and my subsequent confrontation with Cordy, but he seems to have forgotten that I have reason to be angry with the old woman. I don’t want to remind him of anything upsetting now. “And then you
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S.W. Hubbard (Rock Bottom Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #6))
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All men are violent, Audrey. Some are just more easily triggered than others.
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure in Exile (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #4))
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you gotta just step up to the plate. You can do more than you ever thought possible.
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S.W. Hubbard (This Bitter Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery, #3))
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Focus on the three feet of road ahead of you, and the finish line will take care of itself.
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S.W. Hubbard (Another Man's Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery, #1))
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Me, I’m always looking ahead, seeing all the possible twists and turns and pitfalls that lie down the road. Guess that’s what comes of being captain of the chess team, not the track team.
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S.W. Hubbard (Another Man's Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery, #1))
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there’s no way of knowing what your heart can endure until you’re faced with the unendurable and find yourself surviving.
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure of Darkness (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #2))
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Wexler’s mind was a still pond. He could have taught a Buddhist monk how to be in the here and now.
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S.W. Clemens (The Seal Cove Theoretical Society)
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Bail, it’s the only way. It’s the only hope you have of remaining in a position to do anyone any good. Vote for Palpatine. Vote for the Empire. Make Mon Mothma vote for him, too. Be good little Senators. Mind your manners and keep your heads down. And keep doing… all those things we can’t talk about. All those things I can’t know. Promise me, Bail.
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Matthew Woodring Stover (Revenge of the Sith[SW REVENGE OF THE SITH M/TV][Mass Market Paperback])
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He remembered Obi-Wan telling him about some poet he’d once read—he couldn’t remember the name, or the exact quote, but it was something about how there is no greater misery than to remember, with bitter regret, a day when you were happy…
How had everything gone so fast from so right to so wrong?
He couldn’t even imagine.
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Matthew Woodring Stover (Revenge of the Sith[SW REVENGE OF THE SITH M/TV][Mass Market Paperback])
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North-south streets are called “avenues” with the location tag at the end; for instance, 24th Avenue NW or 32nd Avenue South. Roads that run east-west are “streets” with the location tag at the beginning; for instance, NE 49th Street or SW Spokane Street.
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Monique Vescia (Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in Seattle: Including Bellevue, Redmond, Everett, and Tacoma)
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All families are crazy, Audrey. They’re crazy with love, and wherever there’s a lot of love, there’s the possibility of pain.
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S.W. Hubbard (Treasure of Darkness (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #2))
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Our first sight of Malaita!… At 6 A.M. we were passing the SW coast of San Christoval [Cristobal]. At 8 A.M. we sighted Guadalcanar [Guadalcanal], and 10:10 A.M. saw Malaita. Since then we have been steaming all day past San Christoval, Marau Sound, and the NE coast of Guadalcanar, with Malaita clearly visible in the distance.
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Janet Benge (Florence Young: Mission Accomplished (Christian Heroes: Then & Now))
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the sort of place you went when you had no other options.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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Zombies run to family when they’re in trouble.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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a thought better suited to the tail end of a bottle of wine.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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Autopsy’s going to be a bitch. The coroner hates corpses that move.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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If Malcolm wasn’t bitten, then he’d had the dormant version and reanimated after he died of other causes. He wasn’t on the Register, which ruled out in vitro transmission. That left only one way he could have become infected—via STD.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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I grabbed his arm before he could do it. Red hot anger coursed through me. I hate being manhandled. As far as I’m concerned you can believe what you like, just don’t be an asshole about it.
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S.W. Fairbrother (The Secret Dead)
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I am excessively weak, and but for the donkey could not move a hundred yards. It is not all pleasure this exploration. The Lavusi hills are a relief tothe eye in this flat upland. Their forms show an igneous origin. The river Kazya comes from them and goes direct into the Lake. No observations now, owing to great weakness; I can scarcely hold the pencil, and my stick is a burden. Tent gone; the men build a good hut for me and the luggage. S.W. one and a half hour.
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David Livingstone (The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: 1869-1873)
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I cannot find anyone who knows where the outflow of the unvisited Lake S.W. of this goes; some think that it goes to the Western Ocean, or, I should say, the Congo. Mohamad Bogharib goes in a month to Manyuema, but if matters turn out as I wish, I may explore this Tanganyika line first. One
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David Livingstone (The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death: 1869-1873)
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I am the source of my own purpose—MY source for living.
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S.W. Southwick
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To know and not to do, is not to know.
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S.W. Biddulph
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Hey, asshole,” Lash said to the sw’old-up one, “your boyfriend give you those p-tats? Or was he too busy fucking you in the ass?” The guy’s eyes narrowed. “What’d you say to me?” The gangbanger shook his head. “Gotta be out ya damn mind, white boy.” Skinhead laughed like a blender, high and fast. Who knew recruiting would be this easy, Lash thought. *
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J.R. Ward (Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6))
S.W. Frank (Awakening (Alfonzo, #5))
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Anonymous
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that sweet, unlimited democratic system, allowing plunder at the drop of a vote.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)
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when the price of peace with others is the surrender of one’s highest values, conflict become one’s greatest asset.
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S.W. Southwick (The Untethered)