Nathalie
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
Posts: 1,309
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Post by Nathalie on Aug 28, 2007 11:06:33 GMT -5
"their earsprick backwards and forwards, alert and wary"
Full Circle - A Pacific Journey by Michael Palin
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mv
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
Posts: 761
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Post by mv on Aug 28, 2007 13:15:38 GMT -5
"I had a twin."
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
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Isa
Administrator
Posts: 6,995
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Post by Isa on Aug 28, 2007 18:36:31 GMT -5
"As soon as I saw you, I said to myself, Tsk, tsk! That poor devil Atiq, all is not well with him."
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
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phishhead42
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
Posts: 91
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Post by phishhead42 on Aug 28, 2007 21:54:45 GMT -5
"They represent the internalization of correct principles upon which enduring happiness and success are based." from- The seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey.
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Post by Pilleriin on Aug 29, 2007 3:57:56 GMT -5
"Her hair was golden, gently waving to the middle of her back."
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
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Brunella
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
Posts: 1,441
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Post by Brunella on Aug 29, 2007 13:33:03 GMT -5
From the mouth of Bush in The Official Guide to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore:"You know what?, we're going to win Florida. Pay attention to what I'm saying. You can write this down."
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Post by Pilleriin on Aug 30, 2007 5:49:09 GMT -5
"Taste."
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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Michelle
First novel published
Posts: 2,563
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Post by Michelle on Aug 30, 2007 7:15:02 GMT -5
From the mouth of Bush in The Official Guide to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore:"You know what?, we're going to win Florida. Pay attention to what I'm saying. You can write this down." Guess he was right...
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Paige
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
Posts: 1,787
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Post by Paige on Aug 30, 2007 11:13:53 GMT -5
"One day soon, Mariam decided, she would tell Jalil these things."
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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mv
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
Posts: 761
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Post by mv on Aug 30, 2007 14:12:34 GMT -5
"I tell you this quiet, bowed, bandy-legged, almost deformed little man was immense in the singleness of his idea and his placid ignorance of our agitation."
The Eastern Stories by Joseph Conrad
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lindsay
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
Posts: 741
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Post by lindsay on Aug 30, 2007 17:37:25 GMT -5
"This shows that obstinancy and self-will meant more to them than any kind of advantage... Advantage!"
Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Brunella
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
Posts: 1,441
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Post by Brunella on Aug 30, 2007 18:12:43 GMT -5
The Wars Of The Twenty First Century by Ignacio Ramonet: "The governments cede ground gradually and abandon activities of the public sector (electricity, railroads, mail, teaching, etc.) via privatization."
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Post by Dominique on Aug 31, 2007 4:43:05 GMT -5
"The arrangements I mean were more devious than that." The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood.
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Post by Pilleriin on Aug 31, 2007 14:19:20 GMT -5
"Ajalehetoimetus - editorial office (of a newspaper)"
Estonian-English Dictionary
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
Posts: 7,214
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Post by Kristie on Aug 31, 2007 15:06:44 GMT -5
"At ten o'clock, she telephones the fire department and preheats the oven." ~Dreaming in Cuban
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