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  1. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    A single horrid event made the familiar world look like a stranger.
    Mary Shelley

  2. Pride and Prejudice

    A solitary knock, and Mr. Darcy steps in alone—why did he come when no carriage was heard?
    Jane Austen

  3. Treasure Island

    A black spot cut from a Bible—who would do that, and why call it unlucky?
    Robert Louis Stevenson

  4. Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Your eyes know beauty yet take the worst for best—who taught your sight to betray your judgment?
    William Shakespeare

  5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    “Drive like the devil!” he cries, offering half a guinea for twenty minutes — what could he be racing to save in that small window?
    Arthur Conan Doyle

  6. The Divine Comedy

    We are worms meant to bring forth angelic butterflies that fly to judgment—what does that say about our brief lives?
    Dante Alighieri

  7. Treasure Island

    He stood perfectly still, watching like a snake—Tom's leap only proved how dangerous that calm was.
    Robert Louis Stevenson

  8. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    I worship her; I want our laughter to wake dead lovers—how far will he go to be adored?
    Oscar Wilde

  9. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Passion made him love ugliness as the only reality—what price will he pay for the freedom he promises in three days?
    Oscar Wilde

  10. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    Cast into the world by you, I have no claim but to demand justice from my creator.
    Mary Shelley

  11. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    Waste not your Hour—would you be jocund with the fruitful Grape rather than sadden after bitter fruit?
    Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

  12. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    No artist wants to prove anything—so if art treats vice and virtue as materials, where does moral authority remain?
    Oscar Wilde

  13. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    She lay at his feet like a trampled flower, begging him not to go—why did his beautiful face answer only exquisite disdain?
    Oscar Wilde

  14. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    I sowed the seed of Wisdom and reaped: 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go.' What use is wisdom that blows away?
    Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

  15. Pride and Prejudice

    She calls him a disagreeable, horrid man and wishes someone had put him in his place—what provoked such scorn?
    Jane Austen