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califsue -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 5:02:24 PM)

I brought my daughter with her sunshine smiles and loving hugs.
 
50 Truths worth knowing




GreedyTop -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 6:28:07 PM)

The long twilight is a fine time in October.




SummerWind -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 9:24:34 PM)

"Apparently there were two albinos, brothers, I believe, who lived in the woods there."




hlen5 -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 9:32:06 PM)

"She watched him pedal away, saw his broad, thick-shouldered figure disappear around the turn at the end of the street."

A Thousand Splendid Suns - K  Hosseini

Fun Thread!!

(Summerwind and Greedy, I loved your sentences especially!!)




lizi -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 9:38:26 PM)

"I'll never be certain, of course, but I think he meant to bring me up against the realities, to guide me across the river and to take me to the edge and to stand a kind of vigil as I chose a life for myself.

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien  (awesome book btw)




ThatDaveGuy69 -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 9:45:58 PM)

"If you are absent for three days without notifying the company, it is assumed that you have voluntarily abandoned your position with the company, and you will be removed from the payroll."

From the employee handbokk I received after being with my company for 30 days.  Absolutely riveting!

~Dave




petmonkey -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 10:11:32 PM)

"firm organs, well-placed, hot."

[:)] that was amusing and unexpected--it's from the poem "The Hudsonian Curlew" from Gary Snyder's book "Turtle Island".




sappatoti -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 10:41:36 PM)

"I was about to start calling around to get quotes on repair costs when I had an idea -- a simple, potentially beautiful idea."




ShellyD -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/12/2009 10:42:27 PM)

"But it is a sunny day" said Jumper. "we could go and play at Fish Eye Lake"

The closest book was a book I have just bought for my grandchildren called
'The 7 Happy Habits of Happy Kids' by Sean Covey




Edit: recounted




favesclava -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 4:20:51 AM)

They were very clumsy, but they were made with the best intention, for the little girl was to have them.
The Red Shoes Hans C Andersen




KMsAngel -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 5:06:38 AM)

she paused to sip the liquid part of the fly from its carapace.




GreedyTop -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 5:42:26 AM)

I stared at her livid face and moved with my phalanx of women to the hall doors.




sappatoti -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 5:57:10 AM)

"The pace of the images accelerates in tandem with the tempo of the music and fireworks, as tailed comets leap into the air, showering the globe with "pixie dust.""




HatesParisHilton -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 7:48:11 AM)

"Susan", I chided her, "you wouldn't be in a place like this if you weren't."
 
 
from
"Storm Front"




GreedyTop -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 8:09:55 AM)

"in and out," he said.




HatesParisHilton -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 9:27:49 AM)

Ms. Howard respectfully observed that the Doctor always seemed to find the most peace and solace in some kind of work; but Cyrus answered that he was at a lower point than any of us had ever witnessed before and that sooner or later every person had to stop and take a breather.

"The Angel of Darkness"

Caleb Carr




GreedyTop -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 9:30:18 AM)

"The VC would gladly sacrifice an old woman to kill an American officer and teach these people not to deal with Americans"




sappatoti -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 1:36:11 PM)

"It felt like a seagull body, but already it flew far better than his old one had ever flown."




Lashra -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 1:41:03 PM)

"I met his eyes and said, "I killed the things that gave me this scar." He smiled broadly, showing just a hint of fang. "What a lovely coincidence. So did I.""

Anita Blake, gotta love her. I know that I do.

~Lashra




pissthirstysub -> RE: Random Lines From Random Books (7/13/2009 1:55:01 PM)

At the Community Center you could always tell when he was playing table tennis by the dampness of the bat handle.




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