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"I looked through the scope of the sniper rifle, scanning down the road of the tiny Iraqi town." - American Sniper
"THE CROWDED RED double-decker bus inched its way through the snarl of traffic in Aldgate." - To Sir, With Love
"It was a pleasure to burn"- Fahrenheit 451But more intriguing was the line in the title page:
"Fahrenheit 451-The temperature at which paper catches fire and burns..."
"IN A DISTANT and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part..."The Colour of Magic
I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time. --The Shadow of the Wind
"I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below." - Poirot Investigates
There are only so many hours Grace can stay away from home. - Saving Grace
Moros might have been horn of darkness but that didn't mean he shied away from light. - Fated (IF you are intrigued about this book I recommend reading Marked and Claimed, books 1 & 2 of the Servants of Fate series)
Moros might have been horn of darkness but that didn't mean he shied away from light. - Fated (IF you are intrigued about this book I recommend reading Marked and Claimed, books 1 & 2 of the Servants of Fate series)
"She only stopped screaming when she died." - Kane & Abel
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984
When you and I are together, you often ask me questions about many things and I try to answer them. - Letters from a Father to his Daughter
Winter's toes had become ice cubes. - Winter by Marissa Meyer
"The Signora had no business to do it", said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all". - A Room with a View
"Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet alone." - Xingu
Although it was impossible to judge direction cleanly from these depths, far below Groom Lake, Donald Stephenson knew the tunnel ran southwest. The Second Ship
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
You are about to begin reading Italo Cavino's new novel, "If on a winter's night a traveler". If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Everyone thinks it was because of the snow. - If I Stay
The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. - Paper Towns
Barrett English. Emily's heart kicked into a gallop as she looked down at the caller ID on her buzzing phone. - Breaking up with Barrett.
When he emerges from the bathroom she is awake, propped up against the pillows and flicking through travel brochures that were beside the bed. Me Before You
I was assaulted by the smell of exhaust and rancid garbage as I stepped off the bus. Becoming Calder
Holly held the blue sweater to her face and the familiar smell immediately struck her, an overwhelming grief knotting her stomach and pulling at her heart. - P.S. I Love You
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sleeping in Flame
"Can't I be left alone?" cried young Prince Abderian as the rock slammed into his desk. -- The Curse of Sagamore(cheated a bit and used the first line of a book I want to read for a third time!)
When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.- To Kill a Mockingbird
Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a notebook and a bundle of palmyra writing.
- Malgudi days
- Malgudi days
"At Windsor it was the evening of the state banquet and as the president of France took his place beside Her Majesty, the royal family formed up behind and the procession slowly moved off and through into the Waterloo Chamber."- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Shadow Market nights were Kit's favourite. - Lady Midnight
"The circus comes without warning" - The Night Circus
London that historic summer was almost unbearably hot.-The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers
(Can we write lines of a book written in language other than English(along with the english translation of course?)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it wast the age of foolishness... -A Tale of Two Cities(This first line goes on for a while, so I'll just leave it there!)
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