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Best first sentences #2.

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 dynasticqueenLeave a comment

Caesar first saw the living liquidated at twelve years old. β€” David Beers, The Singularity: Heretic (The Singularity Series, Vol. 1, 2014, Kindle Edition), Chapter 1

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I wrote my first manuscript, a 500,000-word unmarketable fantasy monster, in longhand on 7 Five Star 5-subject college-ruled spiral notebooks, in pencil. These soft yellow Ticonderogas will always hold special meaning for me, haha. 😘

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