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All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths. ↗

— Kiran Desai

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I should probably start with the blood. ↗

— Robin Wasserman

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Die Welt ist gierig, und manchmal umschließen Nebel unsere Herzen, bis wir uns nicht einmal mehr daran erinnern können, wann unsere Träume zu sterben begannen. ↗

— Christoph Marzi

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It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

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I recently forced myself to read a book on quantum physics, just to try and learn something new. I was confused by the middle of the first sentence and it all went downhill from there. The only thing I can remember learning is that a parallel universe can theoretically be contained on the head of a needle. I don't really know what that means, but I am now more careful handling needles. ↗

— Stephan Pastis

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It was hot, the night we burned Chrome. ↗

— William Gibson

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At last, the luminous match was struck and the day was lit. ↗

— Dorit Rabinyan

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I AM A COWARD. ↗

— Elizabeth Wein

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This is how it feels to die: It starts from outside and works its way in. ↗