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"Death, the final transformer, is the last Orisa to mount for the irrevocable journey."
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Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened upon a trail of recent footprints.

Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Zetta stared aghast at the caramel colored foundling in the wicker basket beside her.

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"My first encounter with light as more than illumination from a flashlight was on our homestead in Alaska, at age five."

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"I see dead people."

Cutie Pies and Deadly Lies by Addison Moore
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This is the first sentence of the first story in Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein: "We're sitting around the table eating Cheerios--my wife sipping tea, Mika playing with her spoon, me suggesting apple picking over the weekend--when Yang slams his head into his cereal bowl.
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In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tiger.

The Tiger's Wife, Tea Obreht
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The queen, for her part, is the unifying force of the community; if she is removed from the hive, the workers very quickly sense her absence.


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"Once upon a time, you had it all beautifully sorted out. Then you didn't." - Out of Sorts by Sarah Bessey
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For better or worse, I am walking the crooked path to my childhood.

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A writer must follow his books, his readers, his words.

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sonya01 wrote: 22 Sep 2018, 15:59 "My first encounter with light as more than illumination from a flashlight was on our homestead in Alaska, at age five."

- Who Told You That You Were Naked? by William E. Combs
A great book. This was the first book I reviewed and I loved it.
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MsLisa wrote: 19 Sep 2018, 15:26 "Death, the final transformer, is the last Orisa to mount for the irrevocable journey."
Hi, you didn't give the book title.
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Emi_Review wrote: 06 Sep 2018, 05:00 On a very hot day in August of 1994, my wife told me she was going down to the Derry Rite Aid to pick up a refill on her sinus medicine prescription - this is stuff you can buy over the counter these days, I believe.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King
I haven't read this book but this opening line tells me Stephen King nails this too. King is one of my fav authors.
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Oulababe wrote: 12 Sep 2018, 11:05 From the staleness of clay, I have masks.
Hi, what's the book title?
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