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Ordinary Monsters
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"First lines | "The Thing on the Cobblestone Stair • 1874
. Lost Children. The first time Eliza Grey laid eyes on the baby was at dusk in a slow-moving boxcar on a rain-swept stretch of the line three miles west of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, England."" 2 hours, 7 min ago

 
The Book of George
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"First lines | “To George’s D.A.R.E. graduation in the Cochran Gym, his father wore a suit. The suit hadn’t registered as embarrassing to George, who couldn't even remember what it looked like when he overheard his mother mention it to a friend on the phone late that week, but from her derisive tone in describing it—custom-made, seersucker, J. Press—he understood that there was something inherently….”" Nov 13, 2024 10:27PM

 
Marvels
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Pat Conroy
“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

Margaret Atwood
“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
Margaret Atwood

William Shakespeare
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Leonardo da Vinci
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
Leonardo da Vinci

Daniel Pennac
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