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[Vicki]

"Lumikki awoke to a gaze." ~ As Black as Ebony

[Vicki]

"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: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

[Ruth Noemi]

"IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born,and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me,and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."-The Catcher in the Rye

[Katherine]

There was a scream, and then the loud roar of fire enveloping silken bangings, then a mounting crescendo of shouts of panic tat spread and spread from on tent to another as the flames ran too, leaping from one silk standard to another, running up guy ropes and bursting through muslin doors.- The Constant Princess

[Vicki]

"My mother hid the knife block." ~ Hysteria

[Vicki]

"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

[Katherine]

We are surrounded by guards.- Anastasia's Secret

[Katherine]

The old man shuffled to a halt and raised his head, as awestruck as he had been the first time he stood before the temple.- Atlantis

[Veronica]

Another year at Shelby Heights High School in not-so-sunny Shebly, Oregon...oh joy. Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My!

[Veronica]

The first time, November 6 to be exact, i wake up at two a.m. with a tingling in my head like tiny fireflies dancing behind my eyes. Unearthly

[Vicki]

"He thinks I'm lying." ~ Crystal Magic

[Katherine]

Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own.- Angels & Demons

[Ruth Noemi]

"Done, done, and done."-Invasion of the Boy Snatchers

[Vicki]

"Jenna Reitgarten is awfully lucky that my witch genes ae dormant, or I'd have hexed her with hiccups for the rest of her natural-born life." ~ Would-Be Witch

[Sherrie]

"There was a thing waiting in the darkness." --Queen of Shadows

[Mehsi]

I left calculus a minute before the bell so I'd be the first to arrive at the student council meeting. - Most Likely to Succeed

[Mehsi]

Tomorrow morning (!) I leave home and Briar Creek for Canterwood Crest Academy. - Initiation

[Mehsi]

I stared at the pile of boxes in my new bedroom, wishing the internet had been hooked up. - Obsidian

[Mehsi]

All families have secrets. - The Quirks in Circus Quirkus

[Mehsi]

It is not influenza. - The Unmapped Sea

[Mehsi]

Love stopped at the town of Grimbaud, weary and limping upon a twisted ankle. - Love Fortunes and Other Disasters

[Mehsi]

OK. A Royal Disaster

[Mehsi]

Mom, where does this go? shouted twelve-year-old Beth Picard. - Will You Be My Friend?

[Mehsi]

Trumpets blared on either side of the school coach as it bumped along the track up to Castlerock Castle. - Jurassic Carp

[Jarvis]

I think I’m in trouble. - Diary of a Penguin-napper

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I'm dying. - A Little in Love

[Katherine]

Today is the last day I will see my brother.- Taken

[Vicki]

"I live in a walled-in world." ~ The Fear Trials

[Vicki]

"'WHO CAN TELL ME the purpose of Dr. Schroedinger's experiment?'" ~ Nearly Gone

[Vicki]

"Mr. Shackleford shuffles in the front door of the Breeze Mart, jingling the bells tied to a velvet string on the handle." ~ Joyride

[Gisbelle]

I loved the woods behind my house, from the fresh scent of pine to the crunch of twigs underfoot and especially those stray ribbons of sunlight that streamed through the tree limbs. ~ Worth It

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"I found a flummp caterpillar!" Carolyn Arnold shouted from the basement."
Mary Anne's Makeover

Some other noteworthy-ish books I've read recently:
"My friendship with Esther Earl began, as so many great love stories do, at a Harry Potter convention."--This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

"Sarah stood at the edge of the marsh, one small fist scouring her eye, crying." --Between Two Worlds

"Fairy Godmothers are always right." --Changeling

"Hey, Tom!"--How to Eat Fried Worms

"When Dawn Rochelle was thirteen years old, they told her she had cancer."--Six Months to Live

"'I'm starved,' Chelsea said." (I know, terrible first line)--Is Chelsea Going Blind?

"This whole enormous deal wouldn't have happened, none of it, if Dad hadn't messed up his hip moving the manure spreader."--Dairy Queen

[Mehsi]

NOTE: Mom has finished knitting our string bean costumes (she runs an online knitting shop called Knitted Fancies (You Name It, We'll Knit it.) - The Disappearance of Diana Dumpling

[Vicki]

"IT WAS AN ugly Monday just after noon." ~ Unlucky 13

[Vicki]

"TJ WILES SAT BEHIND ME in chemistry class for nine months before I knew he was a killer." ~ Nearly Found

[Vicki]

"IT WAS ME who took the order." ~ The Night She Disappeared

[Ruth Noemi]

" 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,'grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."-Little Women

[Katherine]

Whenever I looked back on that summer, I'd think of the bet as what set all the changes in motion.- Edgewater

[Vicki]

"DISPATCHER: Hallo, hoe gaat het ermee?" ~ Dangerous Girls

[Katherine]

The padlock glistens with rain.- Starry Nights

[Gisbelle]

My sophomore year of high school, I had a short-lived friendship with this girl named Korie Hamilton. ~ Blurred Lines

[Vicki]

"Alex. Where is Alex?" ~ Fallen Grace

[Vicki]

"'You've got to be kidding me,'" the bouncer said, folding his arms across his massive chest." ~ City of Bones

[Katherine]

Back then, all we wanted was the simplest things: to eat good food, to sleep at night, to smile, to laugh, to be well.- The Book of Unknown Americans

[Megan]

I just started this book and the first line was too funny not to share (to me anyway).

My mother named me after a cow's rear end. - Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

[Vicki]

"FOR STARTERS, THERE WAS A FULL MOON." Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights

[Katherine]

The summer theatre was on the pier that jutted off from the boardwalk over the sand.- The Joys of Love

[Kerrin]

"They took Mother away today." Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck

[Vicki]

"Emet's dark eyes sparked." ~ Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café

[Caron]

Here is the boy, drowning. ~ More Than This