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“Those secrets that our families do not discuss keep us stuck in cycles of pain. Show me a family that has a lot of drama and I will bet you there are some secrets that are bottled up that have passed down generational hurts.”

Book:The Black Girl's Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds Devotional

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“We do not deliver poison or funeral pie directly to a woman's door during an initial contact." Celia sounded pretty sure about that. Gram rushed to clarify. "But we do give ideas on what a woman can do if she can't escape." "So, poison." The way they danced around the poison question, taking it off the table then adding it back in again, switched my senses to high alert. Gram shrugged. "Some men deserve a horrible end." "It certainly sounds that way," Jackson mumbled under his breath. I wanted to shout with pride about their ingenuity. I couldn't, of course, this would have to be a family secret.”

Poison Family Secrets Vigilante Justice Thriller

Book:The Usual Family Mayhem

Source: The Usual Family Mayhem

“Be the Magic”

Family Secrets Yafantasy Family Legacies Be The Magic

Book:Flowers and Dreams : Book 1 of The Némain Trilogy

Source: Flowers and Dreams : Book 1 of The Némain Trilogy

“You yourself must be filled with wonders”

Inspiration Wonder

Author:Maria Montessori

“I write for the soul that turned its silence into a roar, and its sorrow into a soft fire of remembering.”

Mystery Thriller Crime Fiction Family Secrets Political Corruption Psychological Suspense Balkan Noir Strong Female Protagonists

Author:Natalia Safina

“I know, too, that once a family has acquired a habit of secrecy, memories begin to distort, because its members confabulate to cover the gaps in the facts; you have to make some sort of sense of what's going on around you, so you cobble together a narrative as best you can. You add to it, and reason about it, and the distortions breed distortions.”

False Memories Family Secrets

Book:Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir

Source: Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir

“Behind the Iron Curtain, dinner told the truth.”

Communism Historical Fiction Censorship Cold War Social Commentary Eastern Europe Political Fiction Family Secrets Iron Curtain Hidden Lives

Book:Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire

Source: Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire

“History was censored. The kitchen remembered.”

Memory Trauma Communism Historical Fiction Censorship Cold War Literary Fiction Eastern Europe Political Fiction Family Secrets

Book:Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire

Source: Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire

“Wesley's touch lingers on my skin. His music echoes through my head. I remind myself as I scrub my skin that we are both liars and con artists. That we will always have secrets, some that bind us and some that cut between us, slicing us into pieces.”

People Love Relationships Friendship Trust Liars Secrets Con Artists The Unbound

Book:The Unbound

Source: The Unbound

“Donald Trump's secrets are two. - He has mastered the art of persuasion. - He has absolutely no conscience.”

Conscience Donald Trump Con Artists

Book:What Donald Trump Supporters Need to Know: But Are Too Infatuated to Figure Out

Source: What Donald Trump Supporters Need to Know: But Are Too Infatuated to Figure Out

“The Donald is not a master of the deal; he is a reckless, foolhardy craps dealer playing with house money. He doesn't care at all about the lives and fortunes of the human beings peopling this planet.”

Reckless Donald Trump Recklessness Con Artists

Book:What Donald Trump Supporters Need to Know: But Are Too Infatuated to Figure Out

Source: What Donald Trump Supporters Need to Know: But Are Too Infatuated to Figure Out

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