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There is this strange moment before war begins, a moment of peace, of hesitation and calm. - New World Inferno
On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a long dark coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street. - The Cruel Prince
The first time I slept with Poppy, I cried. - Wink Poppy MidnightThere was a wolf at the gallery door. - House of Earth and Blood
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. - Northanger Abbey
The night before my last official day of high school, she comes back. - The Love That Split the World
"This is the day that could change my life." --TalentSecond edition coming October 1, 2020 from Koehler Books
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The Royal Astrologer, Baphen, squinted at the star chart and tried not to flinch when it seemed sure the youngest prince of Elfhame was about to be dropped on his royal head. - The Queen of Nothing
Each time he came to me in dreams, I saw him as I'd seen him the first time: floating. - The Map of Bones
My first official job - one with tax forms and a paycheck, instead of the grungy wad of dollars I'd get for babysitting or running neighbors' errands - was at a kids' day camp. - Shadow Girl
Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born. - The Kiss of Deception
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-The Pretenders
By the time Jazz got to the field outside town, yellow police tape was everywhere, strung from stake to stake in a sort of drunken, off-kilter hexagon. I Hunt Killers
'Every day is ordinary,' Father Willibald said, 'until it isn't.' - Death of KingsBabygirl doesn't even cry when I suck my teeth and undo her braid for the fourth time. - With the Fire on High
Most people find the forest frightening, believing the old tales of fairies who will freeze the time in your blood, or witches who can spill your years out over the snow with only a whisper. - Everless
We all turned sixteen today, and for any normal girl that would mean raspberry and lemon macarons and tiny pastel blimps and pink champagne and card games. - The BellesThe 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
As far as I could tell, my history teacher had three passions in life: quoting Shakespeare, identifying historical inaccuracies in cable TV shows, and berating Ryan Washburn. - The Fixer
Cadeon Woede came upon the headless bodies of his foster father and brothers first, the three slain in a desperate defense of their home. - Dark Desires After Dusk
I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that my father had died. - The Seven Sisters
Later, he would be known as the First Protector, and under his vision the city would transform. - Fireborne
"Do you have to go?" Seventeen-year-old Khamsin Coruscate clung to her beloved brother's hand as if by her grip alone she could anchor him fast and keep him from leaving." - The Winter King
Top three awful moments of my life: Meeting my biological father at ten
Breaking my arm in three spots at nine
Falling into a hole and being trapped there overnight with a dead body at eight
Other than that, I love my life. - Nowhere But Here
Later, after he'd trashed his bloody clothes, and stood under the cold shower long enough that the water circling the drain had gone from red to pink to clear, Daniel Ghent would wonder if some part of him had known what was to come - or should have. -The Waking Dark
When we were little kids, Mom used to take Aaron and Doug and me to Sal's Pizzeria for dinner almost every Tuesday, which is when they had their Family Night Special. -Lost in the Sun
"Tess, has anyone ever told you that you're an absolute vision when you're plotting something?" - The Long Game
The prison bore a sharp resemblance to the dungeons of Anastacya's childhood: dark, wet, and made of unyielding stone that leaked grime and misery. - Blood Heir
Trisha wrote: ""She stands on the cliffs, near the old crumbling stone house." Tiger Lily"Oh my god, I love this book! I can't swear it's one of my favorite first lines, but the book is AMAZING. One of those... atmospheric, evocative novels.
It is natural to doubt your true love when you do not know if he is young or old. - The Last Ever After
It happened for the first time on a Tuesday afternoon, a warm spring day in the flatlands near Hollywood, a light breeze moving east from the ocean and stirring the black-eyed pansy petals newly planted in our flower boxes. -The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Sometimes I wonder if it was our names that determined our fates, or the other way around. - Crown of Coral and Pearl
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Dawn came quickly on the Mort border. - The Invasion of the Tearling