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"I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed; composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes." Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
"... then shoved her out of the gate naked and bloody".It's George R R Martin's A Storm of Swords
Always so nice with his characters...
Her mother had always been a touch jealous of Sonea, perhaps sensing that he had once been in love with the slum girl turned magician.The Ambassador's Mission (Hardback)
Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttnergiven him, he found a fairly simple formula that worked perfectly.
"I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked." The Screwtape Letters
"In change I forgot my loneliness, and change and change and change again was the simple salve for any problem of the self, my ensuing wandering not a credential but rather a passport issued at the outskirts of hope." A Lesion of Dissent
"A few times, I'd even come close to winning the winter tournament - once, I'd made it to the final three."The Kite Runner
"Speed's breathtaking high is followed by a crushing, suicidal depression. You're forced to pay tenfold for all the fun you thought you were having."Me Talk Pretty One Day
Gorfo wrote: ""Speed's breathtaking high is followed by a crushing, suicidal depression. You're forced to pay tenfold for all the fun you thought you were having."Me Talk Pretty One Day"
I love David Sedaris! So much fun to read!
"Ah was scared - yes ah was. Ah could feel mah innards become bundles of livid rope from which swung a chattering sabbat of hunchbacked bell-ringers . . ."And the Ass Saw the Angel
" majority of the board is, I am afraid, behind Mr. Oats."The Baby-Sitters Club (Mystry #25) and the Middle School Vandel.
By: Ann M. Martin
Jaye wrote: "i'm confused.are we to use line 5 or sentence 5?
i'm new to this, as you can tell."
When I first came up with this, I intended it to be the line, as opposed to a whole sentence, since I find it to be interesting that way, but a sentence is definitely fine.
"A dark haired man, neatly dressed was walking towards her."The Shadow of Your Smile
by Mary Higgins Clark.
"Hurrah for you, Peter! It takes you to make plans!"Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
" My breathe was burning my throat by the time i saw the first orange cap, glowing distantly out of the twilight"Shiver by: Maggie Stiefvater
''And that's life, isn't it? Some achievements and some disappointments.''''The Sense of an Ending '' by Julian Barnes
"Greet your people also. Greet your baby and Halima,"The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Old Alex was the oldest of the crew, even if by a few months"Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band: A Love Story- with Rock 'n' Roll by Enrico Brizzi
"to check on her before he went to his shop. From her window, she"A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
"Bernd had two trips left. We sold them quite quickly outside"Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. by Christiane F.
"You don't want the bulk of a DSLR or the hassle of changing lenses, but you don't want to compromise on quality either."
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that's the copy of Digit Magazine January 13 edition :)
article was following, Best in class Point n Shoot cameras..
:p
that's the copy of Digit Magazine January 13 edition :)
article was following, Best in class Point n Shoot cameras..
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Unfortunately, my current line isn't as exciting as I wish it would be, but sometimes you get caught with a dead giveaway. Post the book title and the author along with it so we know what to look back to!
"If only we had something to actually drink," I said.
EDIT: Changed the rules as per Gorfo's very reasonable point. I really don't remember what this book was...