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It was a cold, dark November night and Alice and I were sitting by the kitchen fire with my master, the Spook. - The Spook's Secret
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"For as long as anyone can remember, the students of Mount Washington High have arrived at school on the last Monday in September to find a list naming the prettiest and the ugliest girls in each grade." ~ The List
On the 24th of February, 1815, the watchtower of Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the arrival of the three-master PHARAON, from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. - The Count of Monte Cristo
The buzzing flies and screaming survivors had long since replaced the beating war-drums. - A Court of Wings and Ruin
"It's been weeks since the last yard brawl, and every one of us is twitchy, ready to jump out of our skins." ~ Holding Smoke
"On very still nights sometimes we can hear them chanting, calling for us to die." (Lyra's story)"Escape: that was what Gemma dreamed of, especially on nights like this one, when the moon was so big and bright it looked like it was a set piece in a movie, hooked outside her window on a curtain of dark night sky." (Gemma's story)
- Replica
"Kalak rounded a rocky stone ridge and stumbled to a stop before the body of a dying thunderclast." - The Way of Kings
I gaze at the small, crisp, burned-out black husks scattered across the chipped white paint of the windowsills. - Forbidden
A long time ago, in the spring before the five days of the unspeakable, Finnikin of the Rock dreamed that he was to sacrifice a pound of flesh to save the royal house of Lumatere. - Finnikin of the Rock
"IN MANY WAYS, BEACON HEIGHTS, Washington, looks like any affluent suburb: Porch swings creak gently in the evening breeze, the lawns are green and well kept, and all the neighbors know one another." ~ The Perfectionists
"In pre-Apocalyptic times humans stoned their criminals to death by throwing rocks, sharp pieces of metal, and other debris at the wrongdoer until they were so bloody and beaten, death was inevitable." - Fiery Edge of Steel
"The letters went out mid-February, when the weather had been so cold and so gray, and everything had been so buried in snow for so long, and the idea of riding a horse or rowing across a lake seemed so impossible, the brochures might as well have been promising magic." ~ Camp So-and-So
Just out of reach, just beyond you: the rush and froth of the surf, the sharp smell of the sea, the crisscrossing shape of the gulls, their sudden, jarring cries. - Acceptance
"The local community was rocked when firefighters were called to the scene of a major fire at Elmbridge High School on Lord's Hill Street in Taunton at 1:08 am on Wednesday."-The Dead House
"November 2118The sounds of laughter and music were dying down on the thousandth floor, the party breaking up by bits and pieces as even the rowdiest guests finally stumbled into the elevators and down to their homes." -The Thousandth Floor
It was the biggest competition night of my life, but all I could think about was the cheetah bra. - Bittersweet
The witch was chasing me through the dark wood, getting nearer and nearer by the second. - The Spook's Battle
I stand up and look down at the bed, holding my breath in fear of the sounds that are escalating from deep within my throat. - Hopeless
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