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  1. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    I've always considered myself to be the sturdy type. You know, the sort who can put up with any unpleasant situation if I have to."
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  2. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    the ground for I know not how long. Of course
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  3. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    It's not so long ago that men of your ilk believed in witches and superstition," I pointed out. "Medieval times," he said, waving a hand in the air to dismiss the notion. "This is 1867. The Church has come a long way since then.
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  4. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    death was a natural phenomenon, albeit a sorrowful one for those left behind, but one that every man and woman must accept as the price we pay for life.
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  5. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    leaving me an orphan like those characters I had spoken of the night before, if one can truly be called an orphan at twenty-one years of age.
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  6. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    Well, I'm not advocating it," I said. "I just mean that before we learn to feel afraid of things, our bodies know how to do them anyway. It's one of the more disappointing aspects of growing older. We fear more so we can do less.
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  7. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    There are days when I rather detest living in the year 1867. Everything moves so quickly. Change is happening at such a pace. I preferred the way of life thirty years ago when I was a boy.
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  8. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    There is cruelty in the world, Eliza, you can see that, can't you? It surrounds us. It breathes on us. We spend our life trying to escape it.
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  9. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    and been committed to a home for the bewildered
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  10. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    Should women read, Miss Caine? There's a question for you. Does it excite them too much?
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  11. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    I blame Charles Dickens for the death of my father'.
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  12. John Boyne _ This House is Haunted

    His position, like so many of his ilk, was one of uncontested and unearned respect.
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