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“Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?”

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James A. Owen

James A. Owen, born on November 11, 1969, is a talented writer known for his rich imagination and profound emotional expression in his works. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have touched the hearts of many readers. more

“Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to respect but never yield to. Pain was simply a message, telling him which limbs he could still use to slaughter his enemies, how far he could still run, and what his chances were in the next battle.”

Ifs Stills Use Running Pain Next Chance Enemy Battle Messages Terror Yield Limbs Slaughter Not Friends

Author:Paolo Bacigalupi

“They’d blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and they’d still blame you.”

Stills Gold Blame Be Good Breathing

Book:The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

Source: The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

“Some things, it was better not to think about. It just made you mad and angry.”

Thinking Made Angry Mad

Book:The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

Source: The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

“She’d survived the Drowned Cities because she wasn’t anything like Mouse. When the bullets started flying and warlords started making examples of peacekeeper collaborators, Mahlia had kept her head down, instead of standing up like Mouse. She’d looked out for herself, first. And because of that, she’d survived.”

Firsts Cities Example Standing Flying Bullets Survived Mice Collaborators Warlords Peacekeepers

Author:Paolo Bacigalupi

“No one else noticed, or cared. It was just something they did. Taking other people’s livestock. Other people’s lives. She watched the soldiers, hating them. They were different in so many ways, white and black, yellow and brown, skinny, short, tall, small, but they were all the same. Didn’t matter if they wore finger-bone necklaces, or baby teeth on bracelets, or tattoos on their chests to ward off bullets. In the end, they were all mangled with battle scars and their eyes were all dead.”

Source: The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

“But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.”

Real Problem Real Life Toys Stitches

Book:The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

Source: The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series

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