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1. Barrabas came to us by sea,
the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. She was already in the habit of writing down important matters, and afterward,
when she was mute, she also recorded trivialities, never suspecting that fifty years later I would use her notebooks to reclaim
the past and overcome terrors of my own. -The House of the Spirits
2. He could hardly guess that the solemn, cubic, dense, pompous house, which
sat like a hat amidst its green and geometric surroundings, would end up full of protuberances and incrustations, of twisted
staircases that led to empty spaces, of turrets, or small windows and could not be opened, doors hanging in midair, crooked
hallways, and portholes that linked the living quarters so that people could communicate during the siesta, all of which were
Clara's inspiration. - The House of the Spirits
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