Books are the perfect Time Machine. By the simple act of opening a book you can, in an instant, be travelling up a jungle river without once being bitten by mosquitoes, or you can almost die of thirst in the desert while holding a cold drink in your hand, or dine in the finest restaurants and never have to worry about paying the bill, or ride the wild country of our western frontier and never worry about losing your scalp to a raiding party.
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I would like to say they'll be a little tired, sore and banged up, but they're in shape and after tonight's game we have some time off. When you're tired you have to work harder and be smarter, that's all.
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I was just a little too anxious. My teammates stuck up for me. I was just trying to kill them all on every play.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
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