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Qué lector modelo quería yo mientras escribía? Un cómplice, sin duda, que entrase en mi juego. Lo que yo quería era volverme totalmente medieval y vivir en el Medievo como si fuese mi época (y viceversa).

weil er die Abtei führt, als wäre sie eine Zitadelle zur Verteidigung der Bibliothek.

Between the unattainable intention of the author and the arguable intention of the reader, there is the transparent intention of the text, which refutes untenable interpretations.

As if intoxicated, I then enjoyed her presence in the things I saw, and, desiring her in them, with the sight of them I was sated.

Neutral territory, therefore, this abbey where the two groups could meet.

We live inside a hollow earth, enclosed by the terrestrial surface. Hitler realized this.

Umberto Eco's first published book was the dissertation he wrote at the University of Turin, on problems of aesthetics in the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

I understood it this evening: the author has to die in order for the reader to become aware of his truth.

Picard made sure Elnor got to bed, as he promised, and recited to him some of The Little Prince that he remembered.

Love of children--ah, yes, all scandal-bureaus know what that means!

political opinions were an arsenal of weapons from which he picked up those which served his need at a certain moment of conflict. When conscientious

He seemed to be growing conservative, allying himself with Göring's friends, the great industrialists, and forgetting the promises he had made to the common man.

Tis well that such seditious songs are sung Only by priests, and in the Latin tongue!

found, to his surprise, that he had put an end to their threats.

They were a hospitable couple and they made a point (I feel for religious reasons) of offering hospitality to frightened or stranded foreigners.

Well, India is a country of nonsense. M. K. Gandhi

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Whose lore in words of wisdom flows. Whose constant care and chief delight Were Scripture and ascetic rite, The good Válmíki

she made DDT the centerpiece of the book's lengthy indictment: throughout the book Carson refers to it nearly two hundred times.

junction at the top of the stairs. She gave a curious glance down General Tilney's corridor, but she

The bodies of two murdered women have been found this week. For the record, I didn't kill either of them.

Attractive smile, Carol added to her list of particulars as she shook the hand.

You're a very unusual man, Mark,? she'd said. ?That's nice of you to say so,? he said. You have no idea.

evenings before he moved away.' Wells's eyes kept flickering away from the QC to the prisoner. He was clearly uncomfortable