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"When Frank reached down to help Bobby get up Bobby unthinkingly accepted his hand, the uninjured one."The Bad Place by Dean Koontz
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"My mother ran away with my father and they eloped in Scotland."Olivia Twist
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"You go on to the Concorde and see how Becker is doing with his radios. If there’s nothing to report—and there won’t be—stay there.”By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille
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"He was educated at Bristol Grammar School, from where he went on to win a place at Brasenose College, Oxford."The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
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"The amazing thing about Heinrich was that he kept thoroughly of the times."How to Stop Time
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A magnified wail of frustration echoed as it hammered the cliffs and rumbled along the valley floor. DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul
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Brin leaned out further over the small earth balcony.By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille
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He alone amongst them knew the risk involved, of the deadly disease carried by the vermin, and had no intention of allowing his men to lay down their lives until it was entirely essential for the sake of the children.The Rats by James Herbert
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"I would like very much to know how long it took, how long exactly, and I'd do it again in a minute given the chance, the gift of a chance, the chance of a living minute, sixty whole seconds, so many."Hotel World by Ali Smith
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The next decision was obvious: we four girls would be sent summers to the Island so we wouldn't lose touch with la familia.How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
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"Since that time there had not been a single breach of personal information."Scythe
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These rooms tend to attract clutter from other rooms such as the kitchen and the entry. The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter by Linda Cobb
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Where is this division of labor to end ? Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
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Why, all of a sudden, would they just come and do this?Night of the Goat Boy by M.D. Spenser
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After so many years he still keeps finding Good arguments he sees he might have used.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
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The other celebration, the Bengali one, is held on the closest Saturday to actual date of his birth.The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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"It was common, among the nurses and the doctors, the nurses and the patients, among any gathering of people thrown for long periods into one another's company."Outlander
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Last week, Pauline cooked a double batch of spaghetti and froze the second half for another day.The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter by Linda Cobb
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I sometimes dream of a larger and more populous house, standing in a golden age, of enduring materials, and without ginger-bread work, which shall still consist of only one room, a vast, rude, substantial, primitive hall, without ceiling or plastering, with bare rafters and purlins supporting a sort of lower heaven over one’s head, —useful to keep off rain and snow;Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
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I, on the other hand, was bristling with with so much feeling, I pretended not to have seen him.How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
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"It's the war hitting you again," she told him.Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
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His groin ached and his thigh was on fire. By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson DeMille
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I will not pretend to you that all of my students were angels; some, I will be the first to admit, were no better than common thugs.The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
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"But not until the train shunted into Lympstone four hours later did he realize just how far south."The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
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None of the books near me have that many pages.
Jack remained where he was, frustrated by this impasse.The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
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In the back of this head or body - I scarcely know how to speak of it - was the single tight tympanic surface, since known to be automatically an ear, though it must have been almost useless in our dense air.The War of the Worlds
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"I found that my hands were clenched, making bunched ridges in the green and yellow quilt."Outlander
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"And does it work?" I asked already convinced I already know the answer. Next: Page 340 second to last sentence
They were almost at King's Cross when Harry remembered something.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Don't come out of the barn until you hear a long blast from my trumpet.DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul
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Prior to sodomite amusements remember to avoid acids: Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings by Marquis de Sade
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She nibbled all up his leg in playful apology.How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
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"To produce the person of an English subject, one Claire Beauchamp by name, at Fort William on Monday, the 18th of June."Outlander
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This large crucifix had been a "security blanket" I took to bed with me for years after coming to this country.How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
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"Why," said a fifth, "if he doesn't enjoy his money while he lives, he won't when he's dead;..."Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W.B. Yeats
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The out-of-state lawmen also learned that they were mired in the middle of the first waiver hearings involving juveniles held in Louisiana in ten years.The Vampire Killers: A Horrifying True Story of Bloodshed and Murder by Clifford L. Linedecker
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"No, Alex, that I havena."Outlander
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" Perfect for mixing colors."Everything We Left Behind by Kerry Lonsdale
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“I am not a scholar, and I have known but one, my teacher Sakim.”Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour
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She is starkly attractive, with brown hair cut extremely short, the sort of style that would have looked disastrous on most women.The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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"Eh?"Outlander
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Forty millions of miles it was from us - more than forty millions of miles of void. War of the Worlds by H G Wells
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