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1 " Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting than yours "
― Michel Faber , The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories
2 " Lose track of time for a moment –just long enough to be overtaken by a hundred and thirty years. "
3 " Amy, his mother, is not the mending type. Her speciality is thrashing grown-up men until they whimper for mercy. "