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The Woman Dies | Aoko Matsuda
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"The android whose name was Boy set out on an adventure."

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AnishaInkspill
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This first line is from the first short story in this collection written by Sylvia Plath. This she wrote when she was 8. The start of this story also feels like a line from a poem and is a couple of paragraphs long with all the story ingredients. It‘s ending is wonderful and amused me.

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swynn
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The thief walked through rolls of milky fog, advancing warily to the base of a wall that rose until the fog swallowed it; his chameleon-web bodysuit mocked the opaline mist until he was a pale shade in the shadows.

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“As the farmhouse door flew open and the soldiers stormed in, Dora realized her first warm meal in months was actually a trap.“
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#nonfiction #psychology
*(Somehow it doesn't feel like Friday, even though the calendar says it is.)

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RamsFan1963
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A warm, damp, starless night in the city.

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Purpleness
Circle of Days | Ken Follett
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The Warden's Daughter | Jerry Spinelli
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“It‘s a birdhouse now.”

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Teresereading
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The bloodshot eyes of the detective met hers, the lines in his face carved even deeper than they had been when they'd first met.
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It's actually from Jo's latest book A Disappearing Act but it's not listed on Litsy yet.

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swynn
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In the year 1664, after I had pass‘d my several examinations in the University of Copenhagen, and had deservedly obtained the Character, which is there call‘d Laudable, by the Votes of my Judges, as well Philosophers as Divines, I prepared for my Return into my native Country; ...

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swynn ... and accordingly put myself aboard a Ship bound for Bergen in Norway, dignify‘d indeed with various Marks of Honour from the Gentlemen of the several Faculties, but in my Fortunes quite impoverish'd. 1w
Dilara The book's description is fascinating. I'll see if I can get my hands on it 😁 1w
swynn @Dilara It's certainly interesting, very imitation-Swift. The copy I'm reading is a 1972 reprint of the 1742 translation: if you can't get your hands on a physical copy you can check out a digitized version on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/journeytoworldun0000holb 1w
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