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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Chinua Achebe |
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It is not that the girl is unfit for everything, it is that she is not of this world.
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Gabriel García Márquez |
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Yo era un liviano trozo de pelusa de diente de leon, y el era el viento que me agitaba sobre el mundo.
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Sarah J. Maas |
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She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay the ferryman. The air rippled and shimmered. Time narrowed to a pinpoint. It was about to happen.
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Kate Atkinson |
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"The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet. "May God have mercy on you," he said. And erased him from his heart."
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Gabriel García Márquez |
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His eyesight wasn't as keen as it had been, but he knew a changing mind when he saw it.
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Bebe Moore Campbell |