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the reverend barnabas fouke, though he live to be a century, will never forget the death of his wife. from the late mrs. fouke by amays northcote
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Pinkpaper wrote:Black clouds over Mangold Parva.

Adrian Mole, The Prostrate Years
Great lines for sure, can i know the name of the book please.... :?:
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"This is my favorite book in the world, though I have never read it."

William Goldman, The Princess Bride.
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thats person believed on love those are like it.
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The name of the book is the short stories of Amyas Northcote its a collection of supernatural stories
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"Most people think that death is the end."
Radiance: A Riley Bloom Book - Alyson Noel
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George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate eight days before he died.
- Tinkers by Paul Harding
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They're out there.

Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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"Its all nonsense," said Jack Barnes, "Of course people have died in the house." The Toll-House by W.W. Jacobs
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It hit dawn when the stormy rain flowed through.
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The day the box arrived was a little crazier than usual.

The Mystery Box
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There never was a city like Troy

Colleen McCullough - The Song of Troy
We fade away, but vivid in our eyes
A world is born again that never dies.
- My Home by Clive James
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Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August 1960.

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'It was love at first sight'
- Joseph Heller, Catch 22
We fade away, but vivid in our eyes
A world is born again that never dies.
- My Home by Clive James
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In a vault not far from this tablet repose the mortal remains of two Protestant gentlewomen, Mrs. Anna and Mrs. Clara Kenton. From the Haunting of Whitegates by G.M. Robins.
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