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“It is time to put down the pen; time to clear the throat. Speaking is a different thing altogether from writing. The spoken word has different properties, and different powers. If I have learned anything from writing down my own tale, it is this.”

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Book:The Dream of Perpetual Motion

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“I've had enough of stories and lies; enough of silent scribbling. Enough of gears and engines. Enough of daydreams and false futures. Enough of virgins and dynamos. One word from you is all I want, she said. Just speak one word, and we'll begin. Enough of wasting time.”

Dexter Palmer The Dream Of Perpetual Motion

Book:The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page, they will start to speak with sounds of their own.”

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Book:The Dream of Perpetual Motion

Source: The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“Your neurodivergent brain isn't something to overcome. It's something to understand, appreciate, and work with. Let's figure out how to do that, together. You Already Have Everything You Need.”

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Book:The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life

Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life

“Nothing is as it should be; everything is upside down. That is what Rebecca Wright thought.”

Dexter Palmer Opening Lines Version Control First Lines

Book:Version Control

Source: Version Control

“And so Rebecca consigned herself to, not ignorance, but a judicious incuriosity: she decided, for the time being, to live with the constant, cryptic reminders that the scope of another person's soul could never be fully surveyed.”

Soul Dexter Palmer Version Control Unknowable

Book:Version Control

Source: Version Control

“She drank the glass with breakfast and poured herself another. By the time she'd gotten Sean off to school (second grade) the edges had been taken off her thoughts and the world seemed as it should be: not too real, but real enough.”

Reality Drinking Dexter Palmer Version Control Take The Edge Off

Book:Version Control

Source: Version Control

“It’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike; but those who fight with persuasion know no limits – not time, nor status, nor chance.”

Source: Rise of the Morningstar

“Never overestimate the strength of the torchbearer's arm, for even the strongest arms grow weary.”

Source: Rise of the Morningstar

“The millions of flies did not bother the dark skinned tribesman as he wandered through the mass of bodies scattered around him.”

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Book:No Road to Khartoum

Source: No Road to Khartoum

“There is really nothing more unattractive than the sight of a young woman displaying a repulsive amount of arm.”

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Book:Great Granny Webster

Source: Great Granny Webster