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[Katriann]

The lights hurt my eyes and Mommy is crying and not looking at me. - The Leaving

[Katriann]

On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. - Tess of the Durbervilles

[Vicki]

"THE HOUSE LOOMED BRIGHTLY IN THE DISTANCE, LIKE A lighthouse in a sea of headstones." ~ Love & Gelato

[Vicki]

"On the day the world explodes, Anna wakes in the bustling city of Pompeii to the feel of the earth moving beneath her." ~ Die for You

[Paige]

Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak. - The Return of the King

[Mallory]

Dawn was coming. - The Wise Man's Fear

[Luci]

I have always wanted a sister. – We Are All Made of Molecules

[Kikijanika]

This is the bright candlelit room where the lifetimers are stored - shelf upon shelf of them, squat hourglasses, one for every living person, pouring their fine sand from the future into the past. - Mort

[Katriann]

If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. - Fire & Flood

[Kayleen]

In the eyes of others, we're often not who we imagine ourselves to be What She Knew

[Paige]

My name is Ethan Chase. - The Iron Traitor

[Katriann]

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. - Wuthering Heights

[Katriann]

I am fifty-two years old and have changed my name seven times so far. - Catch Me Before I Fall

[Katriann]

The tower, which was not supposed to be there, plunges into the earth in a place just before the black pine forest begins to give way to swamp and then the reeds and wind-gnarled trees of the marsh flats. - Annihilation

[Paige]

Retvenko leaned against the bar and tucked his nose into his dirty shot glass. - Crooked Kingdom

[Kikijanika]

Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. - Things Fall Apart

[Katriann]

A wide plain, where the broadening Floss hurries on between its green banks to the sea, and the loving tide, rushing to meet it, checks its passage with an impetuous embrace. - The Mill on the Floss

[Katriann]

When I heard the first scream, I turned away and covered my ears with my hands, pressing hard until my head hurt. - Curse of the Bane

[Paige]

Carl Sagan said that if you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - The Sun Is Also a Star

[Kikijanika]

Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on..." -The Subtle Knife

[Kikijanika]

The night before my last official day of high school, she comes back. - The Love That Split the World

[Katriann]

I knew I was in love with Verona Cove on the first day, but I waited until the seventh day to commit. - When We Collided

[Vicki]

"I AM THE LAST ONE off the bus." ~ Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee

[Vicki]

"THERE WAS A corpse in my neighbor's front yard." ~ Last Seen Leaving

[Colleen]

MAX WOULD NEVER FORGET that faraway summer when, almost by chance, he discovered magic. - The Prince of Mist

[Paige]

My name is Ethan Chase. - The Iron Warrior

[Katriann]

Ghosts didn't have much substance. - The Book of Life

[Vicki]

"That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me." ~ Ella Enchanted

[Vicki]

"The tower, which was not supposed to be there, plunges into the earth in a place just before the black pine forest begins to give way to swamp and then the reeds and wind-gnarled trees of the marsh flats." ~ Annihilation

[Vicki]

"I HAD BEEN DRIVING ALL AFTERNOON, TRYING TO GET LOST." ~ You Were Here

[Vicki]

"A chill seeped into Danielle Darcey's hand from the glass of the airplane window." ~ Fateful

[Vicki]

"I HATE HAVING to dress like a man." ~ Daughter of the Pirate King

[Keep Calm]

"Even in a ferocious blizzard, Snow Valley kept her secrets well hidden."

[Paige]

They come in the night. - Crewel

[Katriann]

Nurse Thornton dropped into the long-term-care ward a little before eight with a hot bag of blood for Charlie Manx. - NOS4R2

[Kikijanika]

"Hi! My name is Nao, and I am a time being." - A Tale for the Time Being

[Paige]

They called the world beyond the walls of the Pod "the Death Shop." - Under the Never Sky

[Vicki]

"Searching is not the same as finding." ~ Look Past

[Paige]

Thwack. - Icicles Like Kindling

"Block!" - Snow Like Ashes

[Kikijanika]

"Not in THIS lifetime." - The Drowning Eyes

[Vicki]

"Oh, to be given the gifts / of the chameleon." ~ The You I've Never Known

[Katriann]

We are on our way to Budapest: Bastard and Chipo and Godknows and Sbho and Stina and me. - We Need New Names

[Kikijanika]

"Rain has many uses." - Fractured

[Katriann]

In Control's dreams it is early morning, the sky deep blue with just a twinge of light. - Authority

[Siya]

"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood." - Percy Jackson & the Olympians: the Lightning Theif

[Paige]

I go with him to work, my Abba
it's summer
heat
a leech
an ulcer. - Ronit Jamil

[Paige]

In the year 1872, the house No. 7 Saville Row, Burlington Gardens - the house in which Sheridan died, in 1814 - was inhabited by Phileas Fogg, Esq., one of the most singular and most noticed members of the Reform Club of London, although he seemed to take care to do nothing which might attract attention. - Around the World in Eighty Days

[Emily]

I flexed my feet in my too-tight shoes and made myself stand up straight, trying to ignore the rapid-fire clicking of the cameras going off all around me. The Unexpected Everything

[Kikijanika]

I was raised to marry a monster. - Cruel Beauty

[Paige]

Five enemies. - Ice Like Fire