"To the questions of the officiously meddling police……" — Vladimir Nabokov

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• Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from… — Jon Krakauer
• Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette… — Amy Hempel
• In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about… — Gene Tierney
• I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a… — Sylvia Plath
• What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she… — Terry Brooks
• One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual,… — Lois McMaster Bujold
• What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire.… — Rachel Caine
• Sin met Mae and Alan coming into the flat. Mae frowned. "Is it no-shirts festival day?" "Every day with Nick… — Sarah Rees Brennan
• Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep: why not us? The Millers at Hepple have a ewe that’s been… — Dorothy Dunnett
• I could tell you a tale about something,' Miach offered, rubbing her hand absently. 'If you like.' She frowned thoughtfully.… — Lynn Kurland
• Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is… — Stephen R. Donaldson
• Movement from Brenda grabbed Thomas's attention. He looked to see her drop the knife away from Minho and step back,… — James Dashner

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