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"As a parting gift to me, before my mother died, she tried to end my life." - Vagabond by Mary AJ
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"Sometimes I forget that I’ve aged."

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
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"After supervising three hours of frantic dusting, polishing, and vacuuming, Mister Pushpin was exhausted."

Mister Pushkin springs into action by AC Michael
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"A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed by the timeless way."
Just to clarify a little, I'm going to write the second sentence as well:
"It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it."
(The Timeless Way of Building, Christopher Alexander)
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I stood on the platform of the Chihuahua Train Station, only a few miles from the Texas border, waiting for the Tequila Express.

GRINGO: MY LIFE ON THE EDGE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE by Dan “Tito” Davis with Peter Conti.
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Idiom Attack Vol. 1 Everyday Living (German Edition)

I am currently reading the above mentioned book. The first sentence of this book starts with ''The chain of stores kicked off its new sale with a party
atmosphere.''.
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I watched his back receding down the long, gleaming hall.
-The Secret History
Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment, we introduced ourselves?
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The basis of adequate prepping is being prepared for both common
and dire events that may occur under the worst of all possible circumstances.

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A DARK cloud hung over me as a cop tackling bizarre calls, generating 30 years of stories laced with twisted humor and madness.

Twisted but True by Darren Burch.
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You shall not eat anything you find already dead; you may give it to the alien who is within
your gates, that he may eat it.
Deuteronomy 14:21

Can I be frank by Rob Wyatt.
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''Do you want happiness or success?'' is the first sentence of Apotheosis by Yanhao Huang.
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Things break all the time.
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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.
Favorite opening from my favorite book of all time
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"There are few women pictured in the great tapestries of Illyria."
Can you guess the genre? lol

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"Mike? Mike it's me"
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