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10	->''"Yes, maybe it's time to move on. Spare some our hurt before the World retakes what we always elude when we run."''
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12	''Only Revolutions'' (2006) by Creator/MarkZDanielewski, of ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' fame, follows two parallel narratives spun by sixteen year olds Sam and Hailey. Immortal, they go on a roadtrip across America spanning two hundred years filled with adventure, romance and heartbreaking moments.
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14	!! This book provides examples of:
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16	%% * ArcWords: A few, including variants of "always sixteen", "everyone loves the dream, but I kill it" and "boooooooomblastandruin".
17	%% * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The pots of honey]].
18	* DoubleSidedBook: A tricky palindrome of a novel, you can start it from either cover.
19	%% * ImmortalImmaturity: They are, after all, "always sixteen".
20	%% * MindScrew: As with all Mark Z. Danielewski works. However, this one is more complex in the way the prose is written and less the plot.
21	* NarrativePoem: Quasi-example. It reads similar to a poem, but it has no meter or joining characteristic, making it fit in the blurry area between a typical novel and a narrative poem.
22	* PaintingTheMedium:
23	** The letter "o" and certain words are always [[RainbowSpeak typed in green or gold]]. Also, [[AC:THE CREEP]] and all instances of the word creep are always in purple.
24	** The book is the same stories told from 2 slightly different perspectives and the synopsis on the dust cover does the same.
25	%%* PostModernism: Definitely.
26	%% * TitleDrop: Near the end of both sides of the book.
27	%%* UnconventionalFormatting: It's a Mark Z. Danielewski novel, what did you expect?
28	* UnreliableNarrator: Both of them. The same story is woven, but Sam and Hailey's accounts differ, often showing themselves in a sympathetic light.
29	%%* UnstoppableRage: Sam and Hailey both have this.

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