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“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
A fire had no motive.
Matt Haig • The Midnight Library: The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and worldwide phenomenon
‘Motherhood is an obliteration of the self,’
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
He enters the forest.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Nothing now in the weeds and litter to interest her, and her whole life consisting of her own disappointment: helpless against the arrival of her bad temper, she kicked a crushed Red Stripe can at her feet.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
He couldn’t seem to stop the flow of his thoughts to his mouth.
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Back in the village, with our soured relationships, we are neurotic, but the wood releases our full-blown madness. Birds and animals talk to us, departed souls speak.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
How’s tricks in the sticks,