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"I once married a woman from Swansea," says Mervyn Collins.
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

Poor Mervyn doesn't know how to talk to people.
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There’s a good chance you know about Mark from the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series. These books have sold more than half a billion copies. Or maybe you’ve heard his lectures, or participated in his conferences, or watched him on YouTube.

Relentless: Mark Victor Hansen
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“THERE IS A long-running debate among researchers as to whether a child is born smart or whether intelligence can be taught.”

— Madame Ph.D.: Growing up Black in Dc and Beating the Odds: Nettie’s Dc Story of Perseverance, Hope, and Determination (Phd) by Gwynette Ford Lacy Ph.D. MBA
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"Every snail is a cheetah in the eyes of its mother."
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My strongest memory is not a memory

Educated, Tara Westover
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I love this question (I always like the first sentences of a book)'. I'm reading Sent to Watch by David Lebenstein, and the first sentence is; "I believe you have had quite enough to drink, Lieutenant" admonished Major Weatherby.
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Once, there was a movie chair and she loved little children.
The Movie Chair by Shari Borkin.
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"The popular mall was crowded with people this Saturday evening, many of them teenagers."

The Date Farm by Jack Winnick
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A sudden movement drew his attention to where the path emerged from the trees on the far side of the meadow.

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October 1941, Russia, a small village about 80 miles from Moscow Serafima stole into the anteroom and halted, listening closely.

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“I thought pissing my brother off and storming away would make me feel something.” Hopeless - Elsie Silver
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"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day."
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Haggai Edore Ovwenkepere wrote: 18 Feb 2024, 17:56 Once, there was a movie chair and she loved little children.
The Movie Chair by Shari Borkin.
This seems like a very interesting opening line!
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TLIE-555 wrote: 16 Sep 2023, 04:00 "I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975."
The Kite Runner - KHALED HOSSEINI
I still need to read this one!
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They say that Rome can evoke a million memories, and that its sprawling alleys refresh the soul.
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