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When we were in class the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow", not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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This story is true.

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CALDER BENEDICT LOVED late afternoon best.

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i_love_reading09 wrote: 06 Jan 2010, 18:34 Getting dressed was always the hardest part of the afternoon.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
This is a very interesting opening line. I will look the book up. Tentative rating?
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People aren’t as unique in fiddling with reality as they seemed before primate studies, but no creature else does innovation nearly as well, or wanders into error as often or as disastrously.

Mythic Worlds and the One You can Believe In by Harold Toliver
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The night was becalmed and curiously silent, as if the alley were an abandoned and windless beach in the eye of a hurricane, between the tempest coming.

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I set out on a career path that gave me the opportunity to do what I know and enjoy and love: understanding cultures, living with multiple cultures, and helping to create cultures.

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"I'm heading out!"

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"April showers bring May flowers, Connie told herself as she studied the red smear that (courtesy of The Weather Channel) seemed centered not just over Illinois or Chicago or even Oak Park, but their very house"

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She chose to spend the night on the old cardboard laid out in front of the provision store at the Agbogbloshie market place because it was a Sunday.

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Brittany wrote: 10 Feb 2010, 12:21 Jack Torrance thought: Officious little prick.
The Shining. Stephen King. I usually read science fiction and fantacy, so i'm looking forward to something new. :D [/i]
What an explosive way to start a book, I will definitely add this to my reading list. All hail the King!

N.B How do you top a first sentence like this? I will be back to give the 2nd sentence.
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Something stinks about this book.

Sigfried's Smelly Socks by Len Foley
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