The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “Fear is a strange thing. It has the power to make people close their eyes, turn away. Nothing good grows out of fear.” (The Near Witch Quotes) V. E. SchwabThe Near Witch “Funny how when we start to tell a secret, we can’t stop. […]
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Victoria Schwab V. E. Schwab is an American fantasy author best known for her 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and her children’s and young adult fiction books published under the name Victoria Schwab. (V. E. Schwab Quotes) “A death is traumatic. Vivid enough to mark any surface, to burn in like light on
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William Edmund Butterworth III (1929-2019) W. E. B. Griffin was an American writer of military and detective fiction with 59 novels in seven series published under that name. (W.E.B. Griffin Quotes) “A good soldier goes where he is told to go, and does what he is told to do, and he smiles.” W.E.B. GriffinThe Majors
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Yaeko Nogami (1885-1985) Yaeko Nogami was the pen-name of a novelist of the Shōwa period Japan. Her maiden name was Kotegawa Yae. (Yaeko Nogami Quotes) “Нынешнюю мировую войну можно приравнять к всемирному потопу. Люди, поступавшие до сих пор, как им заблагорассудится, будут потоплены. И вся Япония тоже. Я готово разделить участь всех. Но ты, Мандзабуро,
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Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934-2007) Ulrich Plenzdorf was a German author and dramatist. He became famous in both East and West Germany for his socially critical work titled “Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.” Written in the jargon of the GDR-youth of the 1970s. (Ulrich Plenzdorf Quotes) It was probably for the best. I probably wouldn’t have
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Xu Xiake (1587-1641) Xu Xiake was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming dynasty, known best for his famous geographical treatise, and noted for his bravery and humility. (Xu Xiake Quotes) “Having seen the Five Great Mountains, one does not see other mountains; having seen Huangshan, one does not see the Five Great
Abu Yahya Zakariya’ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283) Zakariya al-Qazwini was a Persian physician, astronomer, geographer and writer of Arab origin. He belonged to a family of jurists who had long before settled in Qazvin. (Zakariya al-Qazwini Quotes) “If a person sees a beehive, and has not seen one previously, he will become bewildered because he
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “A great work of art is something as real as reality itself, and sometimes even more real than the real.” (The Sympathizer Quotes) Viet Thanh NguyenThe Sympathizer “A guarantee of happiness – that’s a great deal. But a guarantee to be allowed to pursue
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “And sometimes a Pearl of the Orient could be a Paris of the Orient as well. The Parisians and the French and just about everyone meant that as a compliment, but it was a backhanded compliment, the only kind a colonizer could give to
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The best quotes by the author we have brought to you “Almost everything looked more beautiful from a distance, the earth becoming more perfect as one ascended and came closer to seeing the world from God’s eyes, man’s hovels and palaces disappearing, the peaks and valleys of geography fading to become strokes of a paintbrush
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