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The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves. - Tuesdays with Morrie
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
If your mother-in-law and a lawyer were drowning, and you could only save one of them, would you have lunch or go to a movie? - The Book of Stupid Questions
When I first got here - when they brought me here - a man with blue pants and a matching shirt, both of which looked like they were made of paper, asked me questions. - A Danger to Herself and Others
"We should start back," Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. - A Game of Thrones
I always celebrated my birthday the same way: curled up with a ratty blanket under a silver moon. - The Beginning
Locked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories. ~ Poison StudyThe girl could be a changeling. ~ Where the Forest Meets the Stars
Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead and pulled the trigger. ~ Beartown
Whenever I woke up, night or day, I'd shuffle through the bright marble foyer of my building and go up the block and around the corner where there was a bodega that never closed. - My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat. - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Even though they were in the basement, Denise could still hear the sounds of battle outside. - First Drop of Crimson
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no!" Haley murmured in disbelief as she watched her pink, white, and yellow tulips yanked viciously out of the ground. - Playing for Keeps
The Red Union had been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eight Brigade for two days. - The Three-Body ProblemMidway between Old Oba-Nnewi Road and New Oba-Nnewi Road, in that general area bound by the village church and the primary school, and where Mmiri John Road drops off only to begin again, stood our house in Ojoto. - Under the Udala Trees
At first, there's just darkness and silence. - Brain on Fire: My Month of MadnessLook closely at the enemy before you. - I Am Grimalkin
My English teacher Mr. Davies rubs a hand over his military buzz cut. - MoxieNight fell as death rode into the Great Library of Summershall. - Sorcery of Thorns
"Whenever you have a sorcerer betwixt your thighs, your powers seem to disappear," Sabine told her sister as she scanned the faces of the frenzied, caged humans. - Kiss of a Demon King
The sound of my knife slitting across a throat feels much too loud in the darkness. - Daughter of the Siren Queen
Mencheres smelled blood even before he caught the earthy scent of ghouls clustered on the ground floor of the decrepit warehouse. - Eternal Kiss of Darkness
Locke Lamora stood on the pier in Tal Verrar with the hot wind of a burning ship at his back and the cold bite of a loaded crossbow's bolt at his neck. - Red Seas Under Red Skies
I stand at the outer tarmac door staring at the plane I am about to get on and try my hardest not to freak out. - Crave
The birth of Simon, Arthur, Henry Fitzranulph Basset, Earl Clyvedon, was met with great celebration. The Duke and I
It was late December in the south of England, and though it was only three in the afternoon, the sky outside Charlotte Holmes's bedroom window was as black and full as it would've been in the Artic Circle. - The Last of August
Persephone stood on the bare mountain top, her ruffled ivory dress whipping around her legs, her masses of white-blonde curls streaming behind her. - Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Quentin rode a gray horse with white socks named Dauntless. - The Magician KingBowls of dark royal blood lay beneath the bed, forgotten by the phycisian. - Stormbird
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