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“The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath.”— John Green, amazon.com
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway, amazon.com
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“Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt.”— David Wong, amazon.com