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They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a boondoggle, born fool. He was going to pull a Danny Zuko in when Sandy says hello to hi...

Marisha Pessl

They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a boondoggle, born fool. He was going to pull a Danny Zuko in when Sandy says hello to hi...

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Human sympathy has its limits.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Human sympathy has its limits.

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The tragic hero usurps the function of the gods and attempts to remake the world.

Helen Gardner

The tragic hero usurps the function of the gods and attempts to remake the world.

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Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

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I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.

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