“ If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could. ”
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“ It came to Mary now that her mother had been right, after all; Mary had been born for this. In sixteen years she'd shot along the shortest route she could find between life and death, as the crow flew. ”
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“ For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather. ”
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“ Your body every body is a marvel. A wonder of creation. [...] The day your first opened your eyes, Anna, God asked just one thing: that you live. ”
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“ The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but then he'd come across an encyclopaedia in ten volumes, going cheap. Boots might last ten years, at best, but knowledge was eternal. ”
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“ For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him. ”
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“ For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him. ”
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“ The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but then he'd come across an encyclopaedia in ten volumes, going cheap. Boots might last ten years, at best, but knowledge was eternal. ”
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“ The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but then he'd come across an encyclopaedia in ten volumes, going cheap. Boots might last ten years, at best, but knowledge was eternal. ”
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