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As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and, as I slept, I dreamed a dream.

~The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

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The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

~The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

*Please use the inspiration above in your offering today and share it in the comments.*

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Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.

 

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Use this to inspire you today, whether it be through a vignette or short story... maybe even just your thoughts. Leave your offerings in the comment section below. Hope you all have Happy Holidays! 

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"It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death."
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

 

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"One may very well start with Helen's letters to her sister."

Please inserpt this excerpt from E.M. Forster's Howards End into your offering (which is open to any interpretation) and post it in the comments.

 

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"I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house."

~Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

*I hope either the picture or the quote inspires you. Happy Memorial Day!*

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The mother began to sob, gently at first, then louder. The girl looked at her, stunned. In all her ten years, she had never seen her mother cry.

-from Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

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Happy Mother's Day!

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Photo by L. Kolp

"As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept, I dreamed a dream."

~The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

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William Faulkner

Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.

~The Sound and the Fury By William Faulkner