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We are at rest five miles behind the front. Yesterday we were relieved, and now our bellies are full of beef and haricot beans. We are satisfied and at peace. - All Quiet on the Western Front (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] The woman veered toward Ravic. She walked quickly, but with a peculiar stagger. Ravic first noticed her when she was almost beside him. He saw a pale face, high cheekbones and wide-set eyes. The face was rigid and masklike; it looked hollowed out, and her eyes in the light from the street lamps had an expression of such glassy emptiness that they caught his attention. - Arch of Triumph (ch. 1), (Sorell and Lindley translation) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK What is still left of Number 2 Platoon is quartered in a stretch of battered trench behind the line, and most of them are dozing. - The Road Back (prologue), (A.W. Wheen translation) [Books (First Lines)] Roads stretch far through the landscape, the villages lie in a grey light; trees rustle, leaves are falling, falling. - The Road Back (pt. 1), (A.W. Wheen translation) [Books (First Lines)]
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