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"Jason was going to Brain Camp." -The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen.
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"The boy and the girl had once dreamed of ships, long ago, before they’d ever seen the True Sea." - Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
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Cara had begun this long journey home many times in her mind over the years, but always there was some project, some appointment, some emotional obstacle of her own construction that stopped her.
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People will inevitably ask me just how much of this book is true.

The Last Bush Pilots by Eric Auxier
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. --- Matsuo Basho
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"The dragon Saphira roared, and the soldiers before her quailed." Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
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There was a time in Africa the people could fly.

The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Tall and tan and young and lovely....

Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker called “Alien” by Jeremy Smith
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"Moving at the speed of light through the darkness of a vast fiber optic spider web always evoked a hypnotic state of peace."

Superhighway, by Alex Fayman
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW - FOR CERTAIN - THAT YOU HAD ONE WEEK TO LIVE?

Fleisher, Van. FINAL NOTICE
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'Again! Again!'
The men bind her again. Different this time: left thumb to right toe, right thumb to left.

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
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"Dragons," said Mollander.
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin
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Zap! Zap! Zap! The machine gun bullets thudded into Jamie’s knapsack, which protruded just above the jagged limestone rocks where he was sheltering. The bag was disintegrating under the onslaught.
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“What happened? Where am I?” Her speech was slurred, and her eyes barely opened as she gazed at a figure in white standing next to her bed.

"Kill Abby White! Now!" by C.B. Huesing
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"In any proper adventure, everything should be a bit of a challenge, so it seemed appropriate that I had to pee the moment I put my waders on."

The Reel Sisters by Michelle Cummings
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Pale freckled eggs.

The Conservationist, Nadine Gordimer

Doug came to, lying on his back in what felt and smelled like a field.

Fat Vampire, Adam Rex
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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