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'Son of Laertes, sprung from Zeus, [______] of many devices, stay thy hand, and make the strife of equal war to cease, lest haply the son of Cronos be wroth with thee, even Zeus, whose voice is borne afar.'
The Odyssey
As [ ____ ] wandered through the trees, a goddess lifted her head to watch him.
Till I beheld through a round aperture
Some of the beauteous things that Heaven doth bear;
Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.
Dante's Inferno
Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him—and it was still hot.
Where The Wild Things Are
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.
Casey at the Bat
He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
To Kill A Mockingbird
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed.
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
According to his virtue let us use him,
With all respect and rites of burial.
Within my tent his bones to-night shall lie,
Most like a soldier, order'd honourably.
So call the field to rest; and let's away,
To part the glories of this happy day.
Ulysses
My God, a whole moment of happiness! Is that too little for the whole of a man's life?
White Nights
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
The Great Gatsby
After all, tomorrow is another day.
Gone With The Wind
He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said.
Lord of the Rings
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Animal Farm
A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR. I am haunted by humans.
The Book Thief
I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
A Christmas Carol
In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.
The Road
Didn't look back.
Percy Jackson/The Last Olympian
All their life in this world and all their adventures in [_____] had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."
The Last Battle / The Chronicles of Narnia