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He woke every night at the same time, the small hours - when it was darkest.
- Black Water by Louise Doughty
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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Thousands of years ago, Radomis, the dragon king of the North, took flight on the last full moon of winter.

Soulfire by Juliette Cross
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The sea is barely wrinkled, and little waves strike the sandy shore.
Mr. Palomar
By Italo Calvino
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For the seventh time today, professor Mathers calls on me.
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On the second day of December in a year when a Georgia peanut farmer was doing business in the White House, one of Colorado's great resort hotels burned to the ground.

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
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This morning Rino telephoned.

My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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'What if father learns that I've taken this next step?'
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I walk to the bus station by myself.

Carry On-Rainbow Rowell
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People search for meaning in life, for happiness, for love.

Followed my Star by AR Annahita.
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They say that Rome can evoke a million memories, and that its sprawling alleys refresh the soul.
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The woman next door was driving Barrett Wheeler to distraction, and he hadn't even seen her.

Driven to Distraction by Tina Walnscott
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Verdis fell through the night air, weightless.
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"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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This book is largely concerned with Hobbitt.
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It has been sixty-four years since the president and the Consortium indentified love as a disease, and forty-three since the scientists perfected a cure.

Delirium - Lauren Oliver
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