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"The march of hisstory is really more like a drnkard's rambling walk."- 101 stumbles in the march of history
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"Until a few years ago, Peter Kovach thought that he was among the coolest male specimens available on the market".

London for immigrant suckers
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"Around Moscow, the country rolls gently up from the rivers winding in silvery loops across the pleasant landscape." - Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K Massie
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On the shore of the island of Peachpit, so small its presence on any map appeared only as a speck, almost indeed like a flaw in the paper, the tide turned.

I, My Ancestor by Nancy Wilson Ross
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In the latter days of July in the year 185_, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and was answered every hour in various ways _ Who was to be the new bishop?

Barchester Towers, Anthony Trollope
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Ten more glorious days without horses!
- The Red and The Green by Iris Murdoch
We fade away, but vivid in our eyes
A world is born again that never dies.
- My Home by Clive James
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Do you want my recipe for disaster?

May We Be Forgiven, A M Homes
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Today was the end.
Evelyn, After: A Novel by Victoria Helen Stone
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"Where the majority of men will go about their business lawfully, there will always be members of society who take a different path."
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I am writing this at the behest of my advocate, Mr. Andrew Sinclair, who since my incarceration here in Inverness has treated me with a degree of civility I in no way deserve.
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And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 1 John 3:23 KJV

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This is a good day!
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Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
- The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner
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- My Home by Clive James
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This is a story that begins with a barbeque.

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
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My partner dies two minutes to midnight outside a strip club in Gloston Square.
Soul Breaker (City of Crows #1), Clara Coulston
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