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"The place is filling up." from Anne Frank The Diary of A Young Girlnext: page 417, sentence 8
Joyce C wrote: ""The place is filling up." from Anne Frank The Diary of A Young Girlnext: page 417, sentence 8"
Would you like to revise the page number? I don't have any books near me that have that many pages.
"Once he learned that Andy wouldn't use their talks as an occasion to reprimand him, or lecture him, he relaxed into them, and even managed to learn some more things about Andy himself." A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Next: page 222, sentence 2
"You want your money, you show me your papers first," I said.Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Next: Page 173, sentence 5
"The paper went on to show the connection between concepts found in formalized religion and those found in the most primitive beliefs such as fetishism."The Summons By: Dennis McCallum
Next: Page 88, sentence 6
"That's probably the real reason Aunt Paula had me use a fake address for school." Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Next: Page 183, sentence 11
Sarah asked her if she was going to bring all that stuff home and drag it up to the attic so that her kids could have the job of throwing it out in thirty or forty years. Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
Next: page 162, sentence 2
Are my sweaters bunched up on the shelf or getting shoulder dimples from wire hangers?The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter by Linda Cobb
Next page 156, sentence 4
"He was embarrassed: by his clothes, by his inadequacy, by Harold's generosity."A Little Life
Next: page 5, sentence 5
For the rest, his heart and soul went into the painting of the country in which he lived and its creatures. The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
next: page 66, sentence 3
Lance almost brushed off her question then changed his mind.Her Last Goodbye by Melinda Leigh
next: page 71, last sentence
He rolls them up, takes them upstairs, and puts them in his room, behind his chest of drawers, where he knows his mother will never bother to look, and where they will remain, ignored but protected, gathering dust for years to come.The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Next: page 84, sentence 2
He did not go near the buildings.Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark
Next: page 32, sentence 1
In Paris they will make things to suit your peculiarities;The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels by Henry James
next: page 18, sentence 3
The same goes for cookbooks.Clutter Control: Useful Tips for Getting Rid of the Mess by Susan Wright
next: page 25, sentence 10
As my word left my lips I noticed my voice matched the tone, with the one in my head!Always Yell Fire by Matthew Danza
Next: page 26, sentence 9
"Almost graciously, the old lady wheezed out: 'No, thank you.' "Appointment with Death by Agatha
Christie
Next: page 219, sentence 7
Gogol and Moushumi agree that it's better to give in to these expectations than to put up a fight.The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Next: page 200, sentence 3
Above twenty thousand persons of both sexes and all ages were at that moment, owing to his instructions, languishing in the various royal dungeons with which the kingdom is studded.Juliette by Marquis de Sade
next: page 29, sentence 6
I missed going with her to visit Abuelita Chinta, and taking a nap on Abuelita's bed while they talked.The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
Next: Page 126, sentence 8
She drew back rapidly as she suddenly heard voices down below.Never a Stranger by Patricia Wilson
next: page 86, sentence 6
I loved them with a love stronger than any thing I have experienced since.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Next: Page 128, sentence 9
"As the months and then the years passed, they developed a friendship in which the first fifteen years of his life remained unsaid and unspoken, as if they had never happened at all, as if he had been removed from the manufacturer's box when he reached college, and a switch at the base of his neck had been flipped, and he had shuddered to life. ( this book has NO short sentences!)
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Next: page 277, sentence 4
"Milo said, 'I wish I did, Mrs. Beverly.' "Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
next: Page 198, sentence 8
Last of all the eastern force to stand firm were the Dwarves of Belegost, and thus they won renown.The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
next: page 102, sentence 4
Jack worked a little grit into his voice: "That's not the point."The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
next: page 76, sentence 6
Kelly pulled herself together, on the outside at least.Burning Obsession by Carole Mortimer
next: page 48, sentence 5
Kale patted the smooth surface of the cape where a "hollow" pocket lay underneath. DragonSpell
next: page 38, sentence 12
“So, Juliette, it is apparent, is it not, the vicious circle into which men fall as soon as they begin to rave about this rubbish: religion proves its prophet, the prophet his religion."Juliette by Marquis de Sade
next: page 77, sentence 2
"I am the one who made the mistake of trusting the man."Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchida
Next: page 113, last complete sentence
Against the most natural right of all, that is, against the simple right of every man who, lacking money, demands it at gunpoint of those whom he suspects to be wealthier than he. Juliette by Marquis de Sade
next: page 72, sentence 2
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