"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit" The Hobbit
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, i
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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It was a pleasure to burn. – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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"All children, except one, grow up." J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan (1911)
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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
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Call me Ishmael. —Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)
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He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. —Raphael Sabatini, Scaramouche (1921)
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The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. —Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage (1895)
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It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —George Orwell, 1984 (1949)
