* Grab the nearest book.
\n* Open the book to page 56.
\n* Find the fifth sentence.
\n* Post the text of the next few sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
\n* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.<\/p>\n
“How is that possible? How the hell much do you expect me to believe? Am I supposed to think, for example, that your finger was really amputated because of gangrene?”<\/p>\n
In spite of the fact that Keats was shorter than he and fourteen years his junior, Crawford stepped back and raised his hands placatingly. “That was a lie, I admit it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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