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  1. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    The world inside his head was so much better than the world outside his head.
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  2. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    One of the things Jackson liked about Julia was her independence, one of the things he didn't like about Julia was her independence.
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  3. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    let's face it, no one warned you about anything.
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  4. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    Sometimes you wondered why anyone bothered crawling out of the cradle when what lay ahead was so darn difficult.
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  5. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    So, what do they pay you for...exactly?"Slapped around. Tied up. Beaten. Given orders, made to do things.""What kind of things?""You know."No, I can't even begin to imagine.""Lick my boots, crawl on floor, eat like dog.""Nothing useful, then, like hoovering?
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  6. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    This is Martin Canning, Neil. He's written a wonderful book." "Fantastic," Neil Winters said, shaking Martin's hand. His hand was damp and soft and made Martin think of something dead you might pick up on the beach. "The first of many, I
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  7. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    Mitä ovat todelliset rikokset? Kapitalismi, uskonto, seksi? Murha - yleensä mutta ei välttämättä. Varkaus - samoin. Mutta julmuus ja välinpitämättömyys ovat myös rikoksia. Samoin huonot tavat ja tunteettomuus. Mutta pahinta on välinpitämättömyys.
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  8. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    No one ever warned you about how ferocious mother love could be, let's face it, no one warned you about anything.
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  9. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    The room stank of boys. Louise imagined a girl's room would smell of nail varnish, pencils, cheap candy sweets. Archie's room was essence of testosterone and feet.
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  10. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    She was real and she was dead. And she was out there somewhere.
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  11. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn't necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful {Come along now, don't make such a fuss}.
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  12. Kate Atkinson _ One Good Turn

    So, what do they pay you for...exactly?""Slapped around. Tied up. Beaten. Given orders, made to do things.""What kind of things?""You know.""No, I can't even begin to imagine.""Lick my boots, crawl on floor, eat like dog.""Nothing useful, then, like hoovering?
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