unearths some literary gems.
From Strange Embrace, by Lawrence Block:
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There were two doors at the far end of the living room. He walked to one, knocked carefully, and finally eased it open. He saw a small closet, containing an overcoat and a pair of galoshes. He wondered why he had knocked and thought how strange it would have been if the galoshes had answered him.
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"If you know as much about them as you know about the James girl, they could all be orangutans and you wouldn't know the difference."
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It was absolutely incredible how obvious everything became once it was obvious.
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To be perfectly accurate, Johnny thought, you could only say that Haig turned purple. Literally. His face was the color of grape juice.
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[But getting back to anthropomorphized telephones... We have two in this book!]
He dialed the girl's number again, listened to the phone ring its brains out, and replaced the receiver.
The telephone on the bedside table was ringing industriously and unpleasantly.
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