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“She’s not your mother. She’s not a woman; she’s not even human. From the moment she went over, we lost her just as surely as if she’d died. They do not live for our benefit. They belong to Themselves.” I remembered the rolling otter and its sweet-looking paws – dashing that urchin with the rock and the blood staining the water. I remembered the jewel-red carb – dragging that scavenged flesh into the sea grass. I’d found them comical, and pretty, but they were their own creatures too, just as my aunt had said, and busy with the job of living. They probably didn’t even see me. I remembered the way the cave spiders and suchlike scurried to hide from me in the rocks. They were not there for us. They had their own mysterious life living inside them. Their world was not my world, their story not mine.”

Historical FictionUkSelkie
Book:Merrow
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“According to the United Kingdom Tea Council, 96 percent of tea is consumed in the form of tea bags (an American invention), 98 percent of people take milk, and 45 percent take sugar. Residents of the United Kingdom each consume 2.3 kilos of tea per year to Americans' 0.2 kilos.”

TeaStatisticsUkStats
Book:That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
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“Author Steven Magee was raised in the suburbs of northeast Liverpool, Merseyside, UK, and is currently fifty-three years old. He takes life extension supplements that are detailed in the book Long COVID Supplements. He has seen some of his Merseyside friends die prematurely.”

BookRaisedUkLong Covid SupplementsMerseysideAuthor Steven MageeDie PrematurelyLife Extension SupplementsMerseyside FriendsNortheast Liverpool
Book:Long COVID Supplements
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“Lei insegna all’università, vero? E quindi conosce William Blake.” “Sì, lo conosco un po’. Più come artista che come scrittore, a essere sincera.” “Quella sua poesia, Jerusalem... è molto bella, ma mi sconcerta.” “Come mai?” “And was Jerusalem builded here. Dice così, no? Ma non esiste la parola ‘builded’. Non è la parola giusta.” “No, non lo è, ma ‘builded’ funziona meglio in quel verso.” Mr Hu ci rifletté su e poi sorrise con ammirazione. “Vede, è questo che mi piace degli inglesi. Tutti vi credono un popolo affidabile, conservatore. Ma poi rompete sempre le regole. Se vi serve per ottenere ciò che volete, non vi fate alcun problema.” Rise felice. “Persino William Blake l’ha fatto.”

EnglandUkWilliam BlakeRegoleInghilterraRegno Unito
Book:Middle England
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