The Art of War by Sun Tzu

If you are careful of your men, and camp on hard ground, the army will be free from disease of every kind, and this will spell victory.

The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

On Thursday morning when Terence went into her room he felt the usual increase of confidence. She turned round and made an effort to remember certain facts from the world that was so many millions of miles away.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In Tom’s hurried exchange, he had not forgotten to transfer his cherished Bible to his pocket. It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom’s handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets.