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Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses! Reviews▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/bread-… #history #labor #BruceWatson

Which meant my husband, my soulmate, my rock, was having an affair with one of my three oldest and dearest friends. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-ho… #thriller #TMLogan

But throughout its history, including today, scarlet has been a much sought-after shade that speaks most strongly of power and strength. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-co… #design #color #LauraPerryman

Only where love and need are one, And the work is play for mortal stakes, Is the deed ever really done For Heaven and the future’s sakes. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/mortal… #detective #baseball #RobertBParker

The true intelligence of the machines will be built by you and me. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/scary-… #ArtificialIntelligence #MoGawdat

He got up from the table and went about his business with a bright reminiscent gleam in his eye and looking several inches taller, a man with a future and a past. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/death-… #Mystery #Romance #EllisPeters #EdgarAwards

Does Oxford really need to employ a dozen-plus PR specialists to convince the public it’s a top-notch university? Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/bullsh… #anthropology #labor #DavidGraeber

We do it all day, not only here but all over the world. We teach them to gamble and drink. We give them tools and spoil their craftsmanship. We take away their capacity for happiness. We give them our diseases … Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/beat-n… #mystery #CharlotteJay #EdgarAwards

People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-ir… #Skepticism #DavidRobertGrimes

Then the door buzzer rings and you open the inner door to the waiting room and there stands a new face with a new problem, a new load of grief, and a small piece of money. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-lo… #hardboiled #PhilipMarlowe #RaymondChandler #EdgarAwards

A container is most valuable when it’s empty. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-jo… #minimalism #FrancineJay

He had just thought of something brilliant: he could become Dickie Greenleaf himself. He could do everything that Dickie did. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-ta… #crime #PatriciaHighsmith #Ripley

There are no wheelchair ramps to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, so if you want to get down there, you have to go when you’ve still got two little feet. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/30-les… #PersonalGrowth #sociology #KarlPillemer

You’re Helen and I don’t want you to be anybody else. I like you exactly as you are. Other people will, too, if you’ll let them. They’ll like you just as you are, just for yourself alone, Helen. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/beast-… #PsychologicalThriller #MargaretMillar #EdgarAwards

When we try to choose a restaurant for our next date, the endless ocean of reviews and ratings leads us to spend more time choosing our meals than savoring them. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/time-s… #TimeManagement #AshleyWhillans

None of us have ever known why we do what we do. We only have the illusion of knowing, the illusion of choice. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/a-dram… #thriller #CharlotteArmstrong #EdgarAwards

It lets us off working, but while we do it we’re not exactly doing nothing, so can obtain some peace without feeling guilty. Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/the-ar… #mentalhealth #ClaudiaHammond

True, but at least you have more room to swing. Maybe this Thomas swung too wide? Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/room-t… #detective #EdLacy #EdgarAwards

If you don’t believe your positive statements yet, why not ask a question that will change your life? Review▶️peakpicksandreviews.com/2024/09/afform… #affirmation #NoahStJohn