Nothing moves at the Hotel New Hampshire! We're screwed down here-for life!
("The Hotel New Hampshire")
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Owen meany who rarely wasted words and who had the conversation-stopping habit of dropping remarks like coins into a deep pool of water... remarks that sank, like truth, to the bottom of the pool where they would remain untouchable.
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It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.
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The inshore lifeboat was very busy with 39 jobs, and the all-weather lifeboat had 11.
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