Random Quotes: p123, para5, next 3 sentences

[chrysalis_stage]

That was the moment it occured to me to try smoking. That eventually replaced the cutting, but I still have the scars. Patrick likes them.

 

The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas

 

 

...not read this page yet either....

[Janet]

"Yes, it's really a shame, I'm sorry too, Christl! But I said from the start that the thin air up here wouldn't agree with Anthony. It's not the right thing for old people."

 

The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig

I picked this up last week in Borders but then decided not to add to my mahoosive to read pile - are you enjoying it?

 

Back on topic...

 

Joe wiped himself down with his handkerchief. He said to himself that one day he would pay the Angry Pixie back!

 

'Come on,' said Frannie impatiently.

 

The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton - I haven't (re)read this yet.

[Kreader]

I tensed, inhaled and caught the scent of a stranger. The hairs on the back of my neck rose.

 

"Dad?" a voice called.

 

Men of The Otherworld, Kelly Armstrong.

[lexiepiper]

Sophie-Anne's pride was hurting in a major way. She had to struggle to paste that smile back on her face. 'I believe you know Andre,' she continued.

 

Charlaine Harris - All Together Dead

[leah86]

"Was this in a resedential area? Mary nods. John: I feel like he jutted out." - One Last Time - John Edward

[Kylie]

Fencing was beginning to bore him.

He was simply too good. He would make his living during his travels by finding the local champion wherever he happened to be, and they would duel, and Inigo would disarm him and accept whatever they happened to bet.

 

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

[Chrissy]

"But...," he continued, "thanks to you, Eva Delectorskaya," he dipped his head to kiss her lips briefly, "we're all going to the United States of America." (last paragraph in chapter)

 

'Restless' by William Boyd

[Kenny]

If the water is off you can drink from water heaters, melted ice cubes, or canned vegtables. Avoid drinking watr from swimming pools and spas. Another quake, larger or smaller, may follow.

 

from The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (about earthquakes)

[chrysalis_stage]

Once he had even wept at her feet, his face pressed to her stomach. Why? Why will you not do as the rest have done?

 

Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente

[Sedge]

"Arthur had almost given up. That is to say, he was not going to give up. He was absolutely not going to give up."

 

Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams

[Ceinwenn]

"But they had their victim, alive, at a particular place and a particular time. From here they would begin a canvass of the immediate area, as well as determine the SEPTA route that stopped across the street. The laundry was a good ten blocks from Kristina Jako's new house, so there was no way she would have walked that distance in the cold." - Broken Angels by Richard Montanari

[lexiepiper]

“How well do you know Tray Dawson?” Andy asked. That was a loaded question. The accurate answer was, “Not as well as you think.”

 

Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone

[chesilbeach]

We settle down in our new home, and I resolve to keep a diary.

 

The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith

[Sedge]

"A predawn hush had come over the desert basin. He looked up. Straight overhead, the stars were a sequin shawl flung over blue-black."

 

Dune - Frank Herbert

[lexiepiper]

She suggested a classical costume could be draped to disguise the worst of her scars, but still show off her friend's best physical attributes - her beautiful dark dark Greco-Roman hair and face, long and petite, feminine body.

'Isn't that the whole idea?' Grace pointed out drily.

Now, in something of a panic dictated by the clock, she adjusted her final pins and pearled clips: two tendrils of black hair curled either side of her face, the rest pulled up in a winding plait over her head, emphasising her lovely neck and shoulders.

 

Titania Hardie - The Rose Labyrinth

[leah86]

"Boss furrowed brow. 'Did this woman look anything like Our Lady?' What lady?" This Charming Man - Marian Keyes

[Kylie]

Then offhand.

'Oh, it's just Ed.'

Just Ed.

 

The Messenger by Markus Zusak

[Chrissy]

"And some ergot of rye. Two doses for the next three days. Wheel him out."

 

'the blue afternoon' by William Boyd

[Kylie]

'What's the matter?'

'I'm all run down.'

'Well, shall I help myself?' Tom demanded.

 

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

[Nicola]

"Do the Russians even know how to play table tennis?"

"Nope, so we've got this thing all sewn up and maybe we'll regain control of the Baltic territories."

Lacke wiped his mouth on his napkin with exaggerated care and said, "It's all pretty strange."

 

Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist

[lexiepiper]

"No, no, no, that's not what I mean. It would be a staged suicide attempt. A ruse."

 

Augusten Burroughs - Running With Scissors

[Charm]

I didn't know. But I had a very bad feeling that it wouldn't be much fun for either of us; because as I had realized, we were both still living in Harry's shadow, and I was pretty sure I knew what Harry would say.

 

Harry would say it was wrong, because this was not the way he had designed Dexter's life, as I remembered oh so well.

 

 

Dexter By Design ~by~ Jeff Lindsay

 

(Spoilers for those who haven't read it yet. )

[Inver]

She glanced at the trailer with the tarp. She sized us up as a sale. she went back into the office.

Light on Snow ~ Anita Shreve

[Chrissy]

"Very good, my lady. I fancy there will be time between lunch and dinner to effect a clearance of the kitchen chimney, provided there is no interference from the police. Would your ladyship wish me to instruct the sweep accordingly?"

 

'Busman's Honeymoon' Dorothy L. Sayers

[Sedge]

"Rudolf I expect not to learn. He is the American, here they believe the child should teach the parent. I see how he look at me when I talk."

 

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (from the short story 'Abraham's Boys')