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The girl is floating inside a huge ballroom.

The Dream Keepers by Linda Keen.
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I'n not being funny, but you can't blame me for what happened.

Poppy Shakespeare, Clare Allan
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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It was the darkness that woke her.

(Undead Redhead, by Jen Frankel)
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I HATE HAVING TO dress like a man.

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller.
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'And by the way', said Mr Hawkin, arresting Miss Rossiter as she rose to go, 'there is a new copy-writer coming in today.'

Murder Must Advertise, Dorothy L Sayers
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The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl.

The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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"I stood on the platform of the Chihuahua Train Station, only a few miles from the Texas border, waiting for the Tequila Express." Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Dan "Tito" Davis.
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If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
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The Attuned by Gary B. Haley
"I woke up in misery".
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The first sentence of my current book is, 'Curse God and die'.- The legacy of Job's Wife' by Cynthia Koelker.
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There's a lot to life than just gathering money.
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"A meaningful existence, with a magnified essence."
- Of Illusions and Ink Spills, Divya Hirani.
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The seashores were long; Oormila held her mother's hand and walked along the shores, watching the white waves, crash into the soft muscovado sand.
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Now they were starting.

The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard
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The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Angry.
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