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602321e
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There was no closing my eyes and sliding back into that blissful dream of normal. This was my normal now.
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the-awakening
kelley-armstrong
dramatic
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Kelley Armstrong |
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379c829
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I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army. Visiting Kathy's grave was the less dramatic of the two.
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joined
birthday
dramatic
wife
grave
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John Scalzi |
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d71b68e
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"It might be most dramatically effective to begin the tale at the moment when Arnold Baffin rang me up and said, "Bradley, could you come round here please, I think I have just killed my wife."
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opening
narrator
the-black-prince
iris-murdoch
dramatic
narrative
meta
storytelling
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Iris Murdoch |
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a1581da
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Your friend Lila is calling from her car phone,' Ned said, half amused and half annoyed. 'Apparently something earth-shattering has come up, and unless she can talk to you this very second, she claims she will die.
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dramatic
phones
teenage-girls
sweet-valley
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Francine Pascal |
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2ff31c8
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How could it be that I had actually kissed her cheek without enveloping her, without becoming her? How could I at that moment have refrained from kneeling at her feet and howling?
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kiss
love
passionate-love
howling
the-black-prince
iris-murdoch
dramatic
soul-mates
desire
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Iris Murdoch |