Sublime
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Nikita had nothing to do, and as usual in such circumstances he drowsed, making up for much sleepless time.
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
одни воробьиные яйца, из которых заказывал себе яичницу, потому что больше в целом доме никто ее не ел.
Николай Васильевич Гоголь • Мертвые души (Том первый) (Russian Edition)
“um intruso eivado das más doutrinas francesas,
Machado de Assis • 50 contos de Machado de Assis (Portuguese Edition)
The thing is that he does, perhaps, make a figure, but a figure of an indefinite, indeterminate sort.
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
His vocabulary mainly consisted of curses, onto which he tacked some proper nouns.
Olga Tokarczuk • Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel
“Top of the page: the title. Title.” Mr. Dickens mused, head down, rubbing his chin whiskers. “Pip, what’s a rare fine title for a novel that happens half in London, half in Paris?” “A—” I ventured. “Yes?” “A Tale,” I went on. “Yes?!” “A Tale of . . . Two Cities?!” “Madame!” Grandma looked up as he spoke. “This boy is a genius!”
Ray Bradbury • Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
him, who until then had loved only “iniquity.”
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
‘Nemo laeditur nisi a se ipso’,