"My friend Hergal had killed himself again."

(Tanith Lee, Don't bite the Sun, 1976)

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"I, Sinuhe, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this. I do not write it to the glory of the gods in the land of Kem, for I am weary of gods, nor to the glory of the Pharaohs, for I am weary of their deeds."

(Mika Waltari, Sinuhe the Egyptian, 1949)

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"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

(Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones, 2002)

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"The girl screamed once, only the once."

Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses, 1987)

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"Don Camillo war ein Mensch von jener Sorte, die Haare auf den Zähnen hat."

(Giovanni Guareschi, Die Beichte, aus 'Don Camillo und Peppone/Mondo Piccolo Don Camillo', 1946 - 1951)

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"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time."

(Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind, 2001)

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"Unless one is wealthy there is no need to be a charming fellow."

(Oskar Wilde, The Model Millionaire, 1891)

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