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Nick winced. “Pompeii had a population of thousands. More in its hinterland. But there’s evidence of only a few hundred bodies. Most of the inhabitants most likely fled in the days leading up to the eruption.”
“Really?” Replied McMahon. He didn’t bother to raise his head, concentrating on his food. “Or were they transported?”
Collected by Dan M.
2020
"Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal."
Collected by Jennifer Marcoe
2020
“Men," said Mr. Kyle, "people have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they’ll do. You can read every day where the dog saved the life of a drowning child, or lay down his life for his master. Some people call this loyalty. I don’t. I may be wrong, but I call it love - the deepest kind of love.”
Collected by Kerri Mozena (Rowan's Mom)
2020
“It was a bad scream, a full-throated, seen a ghost hysterical scream, which silenced all conversation. Shadow looked around, certain somebody was being murdered, then he realized that all the faces in the bar were turning toward him.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“Adults talk about how kids' brains aren't fully developed and we're like bulletproof sociopaths or something, but that's not true, at least not for me. Most of us just have a hard time putting things into words.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“Then with a start, you realize that the book you were holding, the red plaid cotton shirt with white buttons, the favorite black jeans, and the favorite maroon socks with an almost-hole in one heel, the living room, the about-to-whistle tea kettle in the kitchen: all of these have vanished.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“He could still see them on that dingy porch, a backdrop to a borrowed sign. Like driftwood, they just kept floating back.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“We were watching the telly when we decided to rob the dentist.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“A gloved hand broke the surface and thrashed in the air, struggling for something to grasp on to.”
Collected by Mr. Murdick
"Remembering may be a celebration or it may be a dagger in the heart, but it is better, far better, than forgetting."
Collected by Mr. Murdick
“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
Collected by Mr. Murdick
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