Liz Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 Then, as if she had been in a state of repose for twenty minutes, she trilled slightly breathlessly: "Well...isn't this nice." YES, MISS FLITWORTH. "Don't often have occasion to open up the parlour these days." REAPER MAN Terry Pratchett Quote
Kell Posted December 19, 2006 Author Posted December 19, 2006 "We're still friends, aren't we?" But I didn't find anything to laugh about in this last remark of hers. I just picked up my book and walked off without another word. ~ Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Quote
KW Posted December 19, 2006 Posted December 19, 2006 My wife wept with chagrin the night Luciana was born and I myself hung dutifully over the cradle, preparing to hide my bitter disappointment. Susan Kay's PHANTOM ISBN 1933626038 Quote
Liz Posted December 21, 2006 Posted December 21, 2006 "That's the whole point. Don't you ever pay attention?" The grandmother watched them with interest. WITCHES ABROAD Terry Pratchett Quote
Liz Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 "You said you couldn't do anything!" he said accusingly. "That wasn't m-" Om paused. There will be a price, he thought. SMALL GODS Terry Pratchett Quote
Liz Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 "She died, you see. She was brutally raped and beaten. The shock was very great." A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess Quote
KW Posted December 27, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 "What happened, Jamie?" He didn't turn to face her but lowered his head, and fingered the handle of his duffle. "We got carried away." "We were dancing." "We were at first." From Wilde by Katherine Warwick. Okay, okay, but I happen to have my own books lying all over the place! LOL. Quote
Liz Posted December 28, 2006 Posted December 28, 2006 "You actually did the work." I snapped my head around. "You mish my point," I slurred. ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Colapinto Quote
Liz Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 I was pretty devastated. It was so obvious, but Peter denied it, foolishly. I found that everybody seemed to know about it. Peter Cook: So Farewell Then Wendy Cook Quote
KW Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 "Next, try deadlifting one of the 150 pound sandbags for one set of as many reps as possible." Dinosaur Training by Brooks D. Kubik Quote
Liz Posted January 8, 2007 Posted January 8, 2007 I was pouring brandy down his throat to keep him warm. For all its good and bad points - the lowest being The Con Man, of course - it wasn't fair that almost all the series had been lost to posterity, and if I could have a word with The Man Upstairs to ask for one sketch to be saved I'd have to say Lengths. Without a doubt. Peter Cook's Universe & All That Surrounds It Edited by Paul Hamilton Quote
samgrosser Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 From Wilde by Katherine Warwick. Okay, okay, but I happen to have my own books lying all over the place! LOL. 'Are you all right, Anna?' he asked at last, when she stumbled on her way to the door, clutching a chair for support. 'You seem a little under the weather.' 'I'm fine, thank you Mr Morris,' Anna replied. 'Just tired, I think.' 'Why don't you sit down for just a moment. Get your breath.' From Another Time and Place by Samantha Grosser. Yes, KW. Me too. LOL Quote
Liz Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 Yet none of his plans for 1933, outlined in a letter to Arnold Gingrich, publisher of a new magazine called Esquire, seemed to include his native land: "I go to Cuba in a small boat April 12 ti fish that coast for two months in case I go to Spain to make a picture, if not, for four months then to Spain. Go from Spain to Tanganyika and then to Abyssinia to shoot, Will be back next Janurary or February." Hemingway Adventure Michael Palin Quote
Wraith* Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 "Like most men, I'd rather face the muzzle of an assualt rifle than a pissed off wife" Det John Corey. Wild Fire by Nelson Demille Quote
Freewheeling Andy Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 ".. until its abandonment between 1850 and 1853, in the reign of the drunken and wildly extravagant Sultan Abdul Mejid, who was so enfeebled by excessive indulgence in the pleasures offered by his Haren that he was unable to enjoy even the incomparable views from his palace across the Bosphoros." A Traveller's Life by Eric Newby Quote
Liz Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 "Let us guess at the age of our murderer. I put him - I am diffident, and you will accuse me of formulating sub-hypotheses - between 35 and 50. Yes, there are reasons..." LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK Colin Dexter Quote
Weave Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 'Graham, its Jack.' He kept his voice down now. 'Sorry to call you so late.' 'No problem. Is everything ok?' Graham asked with concern, used to Jack's late-night calls over the past year. A place called here by Cecelia Ahern Quote
Liz Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 The enchantment was no more, the spell was broken. We were mortal again, two people playing on a beach. We threw more stones, went to the water's edge, flung ducks and drakes, and fished for driftwood. Rebecca Daphne du Maurier Quote
Weave Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 'They both had the same mannerisms, the same direct way of looking, the slanting cheekbones, sharp chin'. Chocolat byJoanne Harris:mrgreen: 'For the grounds were regularly patrolled by porters in night-blue uniforms who meted out their own brand of justice'. Nocturnes by John Connolly, taken from the story, 'The Ritual Bones' Quote
pontalba Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 "He sort of steps back and smiles a little, and looks at me as though he's thinking, "Today we're cordial! What can account for that?" Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Quote
Purple Poppy Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 'I want to tell you of our journey down the river'. The Spellcoats - Diana Wynne Jones Quote
Tiger Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Shaking, the man hurried off and began to comply. Doctor Who: The Stone Rose (by Jacqueline Rayner) Quote
Liz Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 "I know Daisy. She would wait ten years for me, as I said before; in fact, if necessary, she would wait twenty years for me." THE DIARY OF A NOBODY George Grossmith Quote
Acesare* Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 "Now, just a minute -" John began. "Just a minute yourself, Mr Woods," Chief Molyneux interrupted. "Your son has been present at the commission of four homicides; and whether he committed them himself or whether some wacky ghost came popping out of him and committed them for him, he's still a danger to the community at large, and he's probably a danger to himself, too." Death Dream - Graham Masterson Quote
thebottle Posted February 3, 2007 Posted February 3, 2007 For instance, the programmer must supply the condition to be evaluated. The condition must be a Boolean expression, which is an expression that results in a Boolean value (True or False). In addition to supplying the condition, the programmer also must supply the statements to be processed when the condition evaluates to true and, optionally, when the condition evaluates to false. Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Reloaded by Diane Zak Quote
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