Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence in the comments. Include the title of book and author.
This is my result:
"My mother of course saw clean into the marrow those dreams, and laughed."
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
(Thanks for the timekiller, Snodge)
"Mother, too, was surprisingly docile."
ReplyDeleteBe My Guest by Conrad Hilton
"For the first time I could remember, I heard little children were showing up in Coalwood classrooms needing clothing and food." Rocket Boys, Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to adjust my step in the street before I flew over it, too, and inertia propelled me into the grass, where I collapsed with exhaustion, gasping for air as if I were in a bell jar.
ReplyDelete-Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company
"Brightside astrologers maintain that there is a strong complementary relationship between you and your polar sign, and that this relationship is positive and fruitful, especially at work, because you share the same energy (fixed)."
ReplyDelete-Darkside Zodiac by Stella Hyde
(and p.s. the next sentence completely refutes this)
"The next day, when Lia was brought to the pediatric clinic, the resident on duty--who happened to be Gary Thueson, the doctor who had delivered her--noted, 'Apparently parents felt if phenobarb was good 2X is better so double dosed yesterday.'"
ReplyDelete-The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
by Anne Fadiman
"Lemon trots out some more of his fuhrer encouragements, then says "Okay, get yourself out to White Sands," with a very good imitation of a smile.
ReplyDeleteThe Gold Coast, Kim Stanley Robinson