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“She looked at the last thing she had written and she felt calm. Then she crossed the words out vehemently, scribbling until even the shape of the sentence was destroyed.”

Book:White Is for Witching

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White Is for Witching

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“I will never forget their faces, their incomprehension and tears. Amid all the wrongness of that moment, I knew something was required of me. To hide my fear and offer them a glimpse of a future none of us knew had any certainty. I have no memory of this but my mother told me years later that I looked into her face and said, 'I'm not going to die, I'm going to write a book.' To commit to writing, or art, is to commit to living. A self imposed deadline as a means of continued existence. It has taken me a long time to write that book and here I am, so very far from that awful night”

Life Writing Art Purpose Existence Determination Leukemia

Book:Constellations

Source: Constellations

“I decided to call my cancer the little c rather than the Big C. I wasn't giving it that much power over my life!”

Medicare Memoir Writing Leukemia Leukaemia Russ Harris

Book:Life Blood: Lessons from one woman who survived serious illness against the odds

Source: Life Blood: Lessons from one woman who survived serious illness against the odds

“My mother's story continues to haunt me, it will until the day I die. My guilt and personal anguish is a good thing. It propelles me to strive to become the man my mother wanted me to be.”

Inspirational Romance Family Domestic Abuse Love Courage

Book:Funeral in a Feminine Dress: Depravity Reborn as Virtue

Source: Funeral in a Feminine Dress: Depravity Reborn as Virtue

“Most people who are struck by lightning learn to keep their heads down. It’s only people like you who grit your teeth and then come out again, refusing to cower. That’s what I can’t understand about you. You’ve been struck by lightning, again and again, and still you stand up. I don’t see how you are possible.”

Love Courage

Author:Courtney Milan - The Suffragette Scandal

“I am plenty romantic. Just this morning while he slept, I had left Carter a box of his favorite candy next to his pillow - Globs: piles of white chocolate covered, crushed potato chips and pretzels drizzled with caramel. I figured it would soften him up to the note I placed next to the box telling him if he left the toilet seat up one more time and my ass got an involuntary bath at six in the morning, I would put super glue on the head of his penis while he slept. I had even signed the note with a couple of Xs and Os. Who says romance is dead?”

Chocolate Lovers Tara Sivec Futures And Frosting

Book:Futures and Frosting

Source: Futures and Frosting

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