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“Since it is probable that any book flying a bullet in its title is going to produce a corpse sooner or later - here it is.”

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S. J. Simon

A Bullet in the Ballet, opening sentence.

“The sun, heavy-eyed from lack of sleep, owing to the system of a staggered summer time, stumbled into the heavens, and with a heavy sigh set about its duties.”

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Envoy on Excursion

“Vot", asked George I courteously, "is the difference between a public nuisance and a public convenience?”

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No Nightingales

“The Acol bidding system”

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Terence Reese and David Bird, Acol in the 90s, Robert Hale, 1990, page 7 of the paperback edition, ISBN 0 7090 5379 7