List: Books of the Century by Waterstone
The Wind in the Willows
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring- cleaning his little home.
The Tin Drum
Granted: I'm an inmate of a mental institution; my keeper watches me, scarcely lets me out of his sight; for there's a peephole in the door, and my keeper's eye is the shade of brown that can't see through blue-eyed types like me.
Lolita
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palette to tap, at three, on the teeth.
The Stand
Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston."Sally."
The Selfish Gene
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket.
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