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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

2000s

1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Saturday – Ian McEwan
3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations

 PREFACE Preface
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    This is a completely new dictionary, containing about 5,000 quotations.

    What is a "quotation"?  It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes
    people as so true or memorable that they quote it (or allude to it) in
    speech or writing.  Often they will quote it directly, introducing it with