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“And if this girl, Mai, is half the woman the U.S. Marines seem think she is ... I am damned sure not going to get in her way.”

Book:Serpents Underfoot

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“There was reason to believe the battle for Iwo Jima would be even more ferocious than the others, reason to expect the Japanese defender would fight even more tenaciously. In Japanese eyes the Sulfur Island was infinitely more precious than Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, Saipan, and the others. To the Japanese, Iwo Jima represented something more elemental: It was Japanese homeland. Sacred ground. In Shinto tradition, the island was part of the creation that burst forth from Mount Fuji at the dawn of history.... the island was part of a seamless sacred realm that had not been desecrated by an invader's foot for four thousand years. Easy Company and the other Marines would be attempting nothing less than the invasion of Japan.”

Japan World War Two Iwo Jima U S Marines

Book:Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima

Source: Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima

“So the immortals spun our lives that we, we wretched men live on to bear such torments - the gods live free of sorrows. -Achilles to Priam”

Achilles Trojan War Priam

Book:The Iliad

Source: The Iliad

“He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him”

Arjun

Book:Kismat Connection: A Heartwarming Friends to Lovers YA Contemporary Romance

Source: Kismat Connection: A Heartwarming Friends to Lovers YA Contemporary Romance

“Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?”

Arjun

Book:Kismat Connection: A Heartwarming Friends to Lovers YA Contemporary Romance

Source: Kismat Connection: A Heartwarming Friends to Lovers YA Contemporary Romance

“Females, after all, were not just the fairer sex, but the fairly reasonable one. Which was the only reason the race had survived this long.”

Fairer Sex

Book:Lover Reborn

Source: Lover Reborn

“Freedom is the ability to choose how you spend your time. ⁣”

Time Freedom Choice Choose Freedom Rings

Author:Richie Norton

“Life is not like a lemon”

Separatist

Author:Gandhi

“Little Fists, what's wrong?”

Love Cute Endearment Arin Kestrel Cuteness Overload Kestrin

Book:The Winner's Kiss

Source: The Winner's Kiss

“Have you been keeping count this entire time?' I ask frowning. 'Yeah, dude,' he says turning the screen of his phone towards me. 'I downloaded a period tracker app.' I blurt out a laugh, covering my mouth. 'Oh my God.' 'Nothing funny about it.' He shrugs. 'This is scientific info.”

Best Friend Wholesome Cuteness Overload

Book:Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

Source: Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses

“All it takes is for me to try and not think of Garrett, and suddenly, he’s consuming my every idle musing. Picking a radio station? Garrett only listened to NPR. Browsing the refrigerator for orange juice? Garrett likes the pulp style best.”

Cuteness Overload

Book:Getting Over Garrett Delaney

Source: Getting Over Garrett Delaney

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