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Adapted from the children’s book by Michael Morpurgo, ‘War Horse’ is currently showing in Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Here are 10 of our favourite literary quotes inspired by animals

After a huge response to our feature on great opening lines, we’ve assembled our favourite openers posted by readers

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