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This was the time of day when I most wished I were able to sleep. High school.

Midnight Sun || Stephenie Meyer

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Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe || C.S. Lewis

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- “Pride & Prejudice & Pina Coladas” book bag - “Sense & Sensibility & Sangria” book bag 

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"Wash and learn!" Sometimes a word or a phrase will take on a life of its own, achieving far more than was originally intended.

The People of Ostrich Mountain || Ndirangu Githaiga

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All this happened, more or less.

Slaughterhouse-Five || Kurt Vonnegut

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Seven hundred and thirty-three days after my mom died, forty five days after my dad eloped with a stranger he met on the Internet, thirty days after we up and moved to California, and only seven days after starting as a junior at a brand-new school where I know approximately no one, an email arrives.

Tell Me Three Things || Julie Buxbaum

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I spent much of my childhood listening to the sound of striving.

Becoming || Michelle Obama (via book-hooks)

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Morris is suffering from that affliction known as teetotalism.

Mr. Loverman || Bernadine Evaristo

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"Ezra nothing fits," Alani complained as she tried to squeeze her new ass into the old skirt she had pulled from her closet.

The Invitation || Ashley Antoinette

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Blind people can hear and taste and smell what other people cannot, and what Ma Taffy smells on this early afternoon makes her sit up straight.

Augustown || Kei Miller

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One day she stopped screaming.

The Body Reader || Anne Frasier

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Nobody came to my seventh birthday party.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane || Neil Gaiman

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On the twelfth night since my ex-husband escaped prison, I am in bed.

Killman Creek || Rachel Caine

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An English major walks into a bar...

Tequila Mockingbird || Tim Federle

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I lost an arm on my last trip home.

Kindred || Octavia E. Butler

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It was the egret, flying out of the lemon grove, that started it.

The Moon-Spinners || Mary Stewart

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