For obvious reasons, I never told you about my notebook, with a cover as green as mansions long gone, which I use as a commonplace book, a phrase which here means "place where I have collected passages from the most important books I have read." These passages hold some of the most crucial secrets in this sad and flammable world. ("Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography")
When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far it seems to involve lot of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning. (Neil Gaiman, Introduction to "Smoke and Mirrors")
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