What book is this line from? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

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"It was a pleasure to burn."

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Magnificent!

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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

Caring Friends Hugging Nurturing siblings sisters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Outstanding!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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"Tomorrow I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Right on the money!

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"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Brilliant! 👍

Not quite.

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"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison

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"All this happened, more or less."

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 by George Orwell

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"3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P.M, on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

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"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Dracula by Bram Stoker
1984 by George Orwell
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise, which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Nice!

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"A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?"

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Superb!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Brilliant! 👍

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"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Nice!

Not quite.

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"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Way to go!

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"Call me Ishmael."

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Animal Farm by George Orwell

That's right!

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

That's the way!

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"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark. For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Dante's Inferno
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Bravo!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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"You better not never tell nobody but God."

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Beautiful! 👍

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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Right on! 👊

Not quite right. 😢

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"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Magnificent!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What book is this line from? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"It was a pleasure to burn."

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

"Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes."

"Tomorrow I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."

"All this happened, more or less."

"3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P.M, on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late."

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise, which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

"A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well — or ill?"

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"Call me Ishmael."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark. For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

"You better not never tell nobody but God."

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

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