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“Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them.”

Book:Something More

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“Nothing incites and feeds a passion better than a mutual resistance to attraction. And the longer that resistance plays out and the more insistent the denial, the more powerful that passion becomes. Until eventually, it can no longer be contained and the resistance, no matter how strong, falters, and that passion is finally released and, well, when it's released like that after being held in for so long...it makes for some seriously hot sex.”

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Book:Passion's Sweet Surrender

Source: Passion's Sweet Surrender

“For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles.”

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Author:Socrates

“Change had painted them both. Just with different brushes.”

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Book:Erasing the Lines

Source: Erasing the Lines

“There was no fear and no worry, but Nora knew she had come full circle. However, where she ended was so much better than where she'd started.”

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Book:Crossing Lines

Source: Crossing Lines

“Sometimes it made sense to lead from behind, and other times you had to take the situation to hand.”

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Book:Once Ghosted, Twice Shy

Source: Once Ghosted, Twice Shy

“Without access to mentors and organization sponsors who can provide much-needed advice, coaching, and counsel, many of us are not prepared for the real game that is being played. It is as if we are trying to play soccer on a baseball diamond.”

Racism Discrimination Career Race Relations Mentoring Business Ethics People Of Color Bipoc Business Coaching Workplace Behavior

Book:Access Denied: Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination

Source: Access Denied: Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination

“I took a breath to soak it in and sensed a calmness I had not felt in a long time. I still had lingering guilt or something closer to regret, but it was somehow easier to breathe. It felt right.”

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Book:As You Look

Source: As You Look

“She felt Rain's body going slack in her arms and heard her, with a final deep vibrating sigh, say something in Lakota. "What, darling?" The warmth of Rain's presence and her steady breathing had almost lulled Bett to sleep when a low whisper translated for her. "You have won me.”

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Book:Basic Training of the Heart

Source: Basic Training of the Heart

“Lian's eyes fluttered closed just before their lips touched, and when they did, Teresa felt like she was going to float away. Something unnamable settled in her with the first kiss. No matter what happened, kissing Lian couldn't be something she would regret.”

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Book:Knowing Her

Source: Knowing Her

“The love I feel for you is what exists in the hearts of two people when there is something between them that is unique. It's what makes them fit together like pieces of a puzzle. It's something that makes them want to be with each other, no matter what. Something that makes their time apart almost unbearable and then their time back together so much sweeter.”

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Book:Heart's Orders

Source: Heart's Orders

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