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My unworldliness, even at 21, was abnormal. Not only had I never smoked tobacco nor touched alcohol of any description, but I had never yet set foot inside a theatre, or gone to a race course I had never seen, nor held a billiard cue, nor touched a card.

~Algernon Blackwood

Topics: Abnormal Alcohol Any Card Course Cue Description Even Foot Gone Had Held Inside Never Nor Only Race Seen Set Smoked Theatre Tobacco Touched

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It is the little things that pierce and burn and prick for years to come.

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Topics: Burn Come Little Little Things Pierce Things Years

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I used to tell strange, wild, improbable tales akin to ghost stories, and discovered a taste for spinning yarns.

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Topics: Discovered Ghost Improbable Spinning Stories Strange Tales Taste Tell Used Wild

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A strong emotion, especially if experienced for the first time, leaves a vivid memory of the scene where it occurred.

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Topics: Emotion Experienced First First Time Leaves Memory Occurred Scene Strong Time Vivid Where

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: March 14th, 1869

Died: December 10th, 1951

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