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"His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age." ~from Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, page 255
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ReplyDelete- Maya Angelou, "A Song to Sensuality", an selection in the book of collected essays, "Even the Stars Look Lonesome", page 37
"My worries seemed to be piling up, one on top of the other, like bricks on a wall.
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Patricia O'Conner
"When she shut the engine off, we got swallowed up in quiet."
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Patricia O'Conner
"The weather had been clear and cold, and thousands of stars decorated the inky blackness of night."
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Space Mission pg. 1
Sharon Draper
"I got up, turned on the the television, and tried to think of nothing for a change."
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Rebecca Stead p. 133
"The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World."
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Libba Bray - page 1
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