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We are talking about a condition in which some inhabit a world where their common sense tells them that it is absurd to suppose Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman is running an international child sex ring from a pizzeria in northwest
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“If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.”
― The Bookseller
― The Bookseller
“And he read Principles of Accounting all morning, but just to make it interesting, he put lots of dragons in it.”
― Wintersmith
― Wintersmith
“It had been written with one foot in the grave and a finger in heaven. These lines, falling one by one onto the paper, were what could be called soul drops. Who could these pages come from? Who could have written them? Cosette did not hesitate for a second. There was only one man it could have come from. Him!”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.”
― Listening for Lions: A Gripping Historical Novel about a Young Heroine's Survival and Identity Journey from Africa to England for Children
― Listening for Lions: A Gripping Historical Novel about a Young Heroine's Survival and Identity Journey from Africa to England for Children
“They've got him!" squealed the Duke. "Eleven men to one!"
"You may have heard of Galahad," said Hark, "whose strength was as the strength of ten."
"That leaves one man to get him," cried the Duke.”
― The 13 Clocks
"You may have heard of Galahad," said Hark, "whose strength was as the strength of ten."
"That leaves one man to get him," cried the Duke.”
― The 13 Clocks
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