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“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”

-Stephen King, The Gunslinger
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“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

-Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

-George Orwell, 1984
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“It was a pleasure to burn.”

-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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“All this happened, more or less.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
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“When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”

-Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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