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“Life changes -- sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, but it changes, and the only way to survive is to accept those changes, always keeping your eye on the next big adventure, always being aware of what to leave behind ... and what to take with you.”

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Book:Sleep Savannah Sleep

Source: Sleep Savannah Sleep

“[...] A man in Texas won a divorce from his wife because she tore out the last chapter of every mystery story he borrowed from the library. [...]”

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Book:The Sundial

Source: The Sundial

“But mostly she likes the fact that there's a reason for every death, and only one murderer at a time, and things get figured out at the end, and the murderer always gets caught.”

Book:The Robber Bride

Source: The Robber Bride

“A hand pressed hard against her back. Or was it two? She couldn't remember. All she knew was that one minute, she was waiting restlessly to cross the street, the next she was sprawled in the road, dreading the oncoming car that would hit her any second now.”

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Book:Come Home to Death

Source: Come Home to Death

“Over the years more than one friend or acquaintance had asked Tricia why she was so enamored of the mystery genre. How could she actually enjoy stories that celebrated violent death? They had it all wrong. The books didn't celebrate death, but triumph for justice. Too often real-life villains got away with murder, but in fiction, justice was usually assured. Sometimes she wished life better imitated art.”

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Book:Bookmarked for Death

Source: Bookmarked for Death

“I wanna know something,” Lexi said. “In mystery books, clues come flying out of nowhere in every single chapter. Why is ours so slow?” I thought a second. “Books aren't like real life, I guess. Mom says we read books to escape. Like when we read Sally-Anne books, we go back to when everyone wore saddle shoes and poodle skirts and went to soda shops.”

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Book:Growing Toward the Sun

Source: Growing Toward the Sun

“Why did I lie? I hadn’t planned on lying. When that stranger handed me the journal and looked at me with his big, desperate eyes, I wasn’t planning anything. I intended to give it to whoever asked for it. But when I was standing there in front of Officer Keating and his suspicious-looking partner, I didn’t. It wasn’t some elaborate plan or a scheme. I just didn’t open my mouth. It was like my mind decided without me that I should hang on to it.”

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Book:Where Is She?

Source: Where Is She?

“Even if you try to resist me with the force of a billion ohms, I’ll find a way to get our wires crossed.” I whisper. He flinches like I’ve socked him in the jaw. That’s what you said.” I swallow back the caustic laugh. “When I asked you, who speaks like that, you said, it’s the professional hazard of dating an engineer.”

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Book:THE FLAT MATES/FOES

Source: THE FLAT MATES/FOES