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"Thanks be, I'm done with geometry, learning or teaching it," said Anne Shirley...
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If the reader will excuse me, I will say nothing of my antecedents, nor of any of the circumstances which led me to leave my native country; the narrative would be tedious and painful to myself.

Erewhon, Samuel Butler
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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"As we begin thinking about the issues surrounding the “American dream” we will start with history
and we do so on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean with Western Europe in general, followed by the
United Kingdom."
- The Prosperity Mirage
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One of my mom's favorite songs has always been "Simple Man," by Lynyrd Skynyrd because it encompassed her great aspirations for me.

The Mindset Ace Bowers
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Roughly translated: "Prehistory is a complex and highly specialized science that we can only give a brief overview of here."

Connaissance de l'histoire by Jacques-Francis Rolland
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Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K Rowling
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It is not without a certain emotion that I begin to recount the extraordinary adventures of Joseph Rouletabille.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room, Gaston Leroux
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The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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I am reading two books.

1. " The fire began in the kitchen and spread to the hotel dining room."-----All He Ever Wanted/Anita Shreve

2. "He sat before the mirror of the second-floor bedroom sketching his lean cheeks with their high bone ridges, the flat broad forehead, and ears too far back on the head, the dark hair curling forward in thatches, the amber-colored eyes wide-set bit heavy-lidded."----The Agony and the Ecstasy/Irving Stone
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"The circus arrives without warning"

The Night Circus
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There are two kinds of people in the world, those who leave home, and those who don't.

An American Marriage, Tayari Jones
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Rocketing through the hazy orange glow of dawn, the green 1972 four-door Chevrolet Impala fishtailed sideways off the dirt road onto Highway 99.

-Chasing Fireflies
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"Strange news reached the ears of the people.. "
"Difficulty keeps it interesting!"
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Sarah’s voice drifted in and out:” waking life is an illusion, just as dreams are illusions.

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Legacy by Chris coppel
She sat in the pitch-dark trying to expend as little energy as possible.
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Some of the most troubling health problems have a surprising solution.

Your Body In Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health
by Neal D. Barnard, MD, FACC
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