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Captshady · Jul 10, 2008

The Rules:

1. Grab the nearest book (that is at least 123 pages long).

2. Open to p. 123.

3. Go down to the 5th sentence.

4. Type in the following 3 sentences.

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Jane Withersteen saw Fay's play and her beauty and her love as most powerful allies to her own woman's part in a game that suddenly had acquired a strange zest and a hint of danger. And as for the rider, he appeared to have forgotten Jane in the wonder of this lovely child playing about him. At first he was much the shyer of the two.

From Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey

SpookyWriter · Jul 10, 2008

Captshady said:
The Rules:

1. Grab the nearest book (that is at least 123 pages long).

2. Open to p. 123.

3. Go down to the 5th sentence.

4. Type in the following 3 sentences.

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Jane Withersteen saw Fay's play and her beauty and her love as most powerful allies to her own woman's part in a game that suddenly had acquired a strange zest and a hint of danger. And as for the rider, he appeared to have forgotten Jane in the wonder of this lovely child playing about him. At first he was much the shyer of the two.

From Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey

"I don't like games." he said.
"But they're fun. Honest."
"Don't make me hurt you."

MattW · Jul 10, 2008

I grabbed blindly from a full bookcase - they were all equally "near." Wow, did this one take me back, and make me wonder why I still have the damn thing.

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings said:
When they arrived at the inn, Aunt Pol commanded not just the usual sleeping chambers but an entire apartment. "My chamberlain there will pay you," she said to the innkeeper, indicating Mister Wolf. "Our baggage horses are some days behind with the rest of my servants, so I'll require the services of a dress maker and a maid."

Captshady · Jul 10, 2008

MattW said:
I grabbed blindly from a full bookcase - they were all equally "near." Wow, did this one take me back, and make me wonder why I still have the damn thing.

Your sure it's not called "Pawn of the uppity" ?

Fraulein · Jul 10, 2008

The nearest "book" happened to be an unopened domino magazine, circa April 2008.

"white walls?
colorful floors!
It's natural to have commitment
issues when it comes to bold hues."

Sarita · Jul 10, 2008

Here swayed the myriad palm-leaf fans; here paraded blushing youth and rosy maiden, more relentlessly arm-in-arm than ever; here crept the octogenarian, Mr. Bodeffer, shaking on cane and the shoulder of posterity; here waddled Mr. Snoddy, who had hurried through the animal tent for fear of meeting the elephant; here marched sturdy yeoman and stout wives; here came William Todd and his Anna Belle, the good William hushed with the embarrassments of love, but looking out warily with the white of his eye for Mr. Martin, and determined not to sit within a hundred yards of him; here rolled in the orbit of habit the bacchanal, Mr. Wilkerson, who politely answered in kind all the uncouth roarings and guttural ejaculations of jungle and fen that came from the animal tent; in brief, here came with lightest hearts the population of Carlow and part of Amo.

From The Gentleman from Indiana, by Booth Tarkington, 1902 (you're only getting one sentence because it's such a doozy!)

Captshady · Jul 10, 2008

alittlenerdy said:
The nearest "book" happened to be a unopened domino magazine, circa April 2008.

"white walls?
colorful floors!
It's natural to have commitment
issues when it comes to bold hues."

Wha-? No, no ... I'm awake :poke:

Saritams8 said:
Here swayed the myriad palm-leaf fans; here paraded blushing youth and rosy maiden, more relentlessly arm-in-arm than ever; here crept the octogenarian, Mr. Bodeffer, shaking on cane and the shoulder of posterity; here waddled Mr. Snoddy, who had hurried through the animal tent for fear of meeting the elephant; here marched sturdy yeoman and stout wives; here came William Todd and his Anna Belle, the good William hushed with the embarrassments of love, but looking out warily with the white of his eye for Mr. Martin, and determined not to sit within a hundred yards of him; here rolled in the orbit of habit the bacchanal, Mr. Wilkerson, who politely answered in kind all the uncouth roarings and guttural ejaculations of jungle and fen that came from the animal tent; in brief, here came with lightest hearts the population of Carlow and part of Amo.

From The Gentleman from Indiana, by Booth Tarkington, 1902 (you're only getting one sentence because it's such a doozy!)

Whoooooooooa! Definite doozy! LOL!!!

Huhuhuhuhuh ... you said ejaculations :tongue

Sarita · Jul 10, 2008

Captshady said:
Whoooooooooa! Definite doozy! LOL!!!

Huhuhuhuhuh ... you said ejaculations

Technically Booth Tarkington said it.

Take 2:

In your blue eyes, O reckless child,
I saw today many little wild wishes,
Eager as the great morning.

From Poems of the Midwest, Carl Sandburg, Poem, "Margaret."

Honalo · Jul 10, 2008

Resistance to a company or product is often the direct result of a lack of information about the company or its product or service.

Starbucks partners initially had some difficulty penetrating the Japanese market because they were trying to bring a coffee culture into an ancient tea society.

As reported by Ginny Parker of the Associated Press, a competing coffee chain owner, Thomas Neir, noted that "coffee drinkers in Asian cultures often spent five minutes stirring Nescafe into hot water and that was coffee."

Honalo · Jul 10, 2008

Oh, and that's from The Starbucks Experience by Joseph Michelli

Captshady · Jul 10, 2008

That was a good one Mela. Now I want to know what Starbucks did to overcome.

Kitrianna · Jul 10, 2008

Captshady said:
That was a good one Mela. Now I want to know what Starbucks did to overcome.

NOTHING! Their coffee is over priced, roof tar. *slaps herself* sorry tried it once, have hated it since. I'll go back to sleep now... :Shrug:

mirrorkisses · Jul 10, 2008

"Even if you want to go with an agent first, which I'd recommend, it's good to know the players--who the big publishers are and what sort of books they're putting out. That helps you work with your agent to find the perfect home for your novel.
When you're researching publishers, you'll want to look at the following things to see where your novel might find a home."
--Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel

JoNightshade · Jul 10, 2008

"Don't be sorry for me and don't weep!"
Dmitri stood up, held a finger to his forehead, and for a moment stood there in deep thought.
"It was she who asked you to come," he said.

(Bros. Karamazov)

underthecity · Jul 10, 2008

Most of the trade goods came from across the ocean, then crossed the continent to reach St. Louis. From that central point, the goods fanned out via individual traders to the farthest reaches of the frontier. And the pirogues and keelboats that carried the trade goods to the Indians brought back stacks and stacks of beautiful furs that brought king's ransoms in Europe.

(from Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose)

Jenan Mac · Jul 10, 2008

"Do you coaches know what goes on in the barracks?" I asked.
Coach Brandenberg took a drag on his cigarette before answering. "Mel and I make it our business not to know."

My Losing Season by Pat Conroy.

It was actually not the very closest book, but the closest was a fifth grade math textbook so it would have been random instructions about plotting the temperature of Miami Beach.

Tink · Jul 10, 2008

It's not by itself: it has the whole weight of the story resting on it, and must reflect the coming to a dynamic stability of all the major forces that produced it, now in repose. It's not just the final scene: it's the culmination of the whole story--beginning and middle--and should reflect the entire progression.
If beginning and end are tied but there's no turning point in the middle, your story will, in retrospect, seem to have been a great deal of fuss about not much of anything--a long journey to no place in particular.

Plot by Ansen Dibell from the series 'Elements of Fiction Writing'

This part was taken from Chapter 10- When You Come to the End, Stop
paragraphed titled- Techniques of Circular Endings

willfulone · Jul 10, 2008

I explained as straightforwardly as I could that Christine hadn't felt prepared to be with me or raise a child after what had happened in Jamaica. I didn't need to dress it up. She had chosed not to stick around, period.

"Mary, Mary" - James Patterson

Red-Green · Jul 10, 2008

Quant la chanbre fu desfermee,
si se leva et oï messe
et atendi, por la promesse
qu'il lor ot feite, jusqu'a prime.

From Le Chevalier au Lyon par Chrétien de Troyes
(Sorry. I work in the French Department, so all the books within reach are in French.)

MsK · Jul 10, 2008

'I grew strangely frightened; but as I drew and a face began to slowly appear on my sketch pad I felt an unexpected thrill. It was a mild miracle to me that I could draw a face- acurately and well- without a model in front of me or in my mind. It seemed almost apparitional, as if the face's life were not at all connected to the detectives words, but to some mysterious seepage out the end of my pencil.'

The Adam Collection- Therese Mageau
A short story in the book- Next Stop Hollywood; Short Stories Bound for the Silver Screen Edited by Steve Cohen

Devil Ledbetter · Jul 10, 2008

We just redecorated our office and the books that are usually in here are in boxes in the living room. But there was one book on DH's hutch, The Pocket DJ by Sarah Lewitinn:

05 I Get Around - All Summer Long
06 Do You Wanna Dance - Today!
07 Help Me Rhonda - Today!

I guess this page is about making a mix tape to drive me out of the building.

Cranky · Jul 10, 2008

I could not sleep. I became so ill with anxiety that I did not greatly care what happened to me.

When I look back I marvel at myself.

Queen of This Realm, Jean Plaidy

Pagey's_Girl · Jul 10, 2008

"Most of them, of course, went down with the Titanic. A few were mistakenly turned into bird feeders. And the rest have been avidly sought by museums, collectors and "sportsmen."

What I'd Say To The Martians and Other Veiled Threats, by Jack Handey

Hillary · Jul 10, 2008

The late Georg Morgenstierne, the Norwegian linguist, specialist in the Kafir and Dardic languages, also a Sanskrit and Persian scholar, first called my attention to an oddity of the Santal language of special interest to me, as it affected their mushroom vocabulary.

Only one sentence, but I think it really says it all... "Mushroom vocabulary," for Christ's sake...

From Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion by R. Gorgon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, and Carl A. P. Ruck

Stew21 · Jul 10, 2008

I cheated. I have too many sentences, but the last sentence MAKES this set complete. I had to.

From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

John and Sylvia take the hairpin turns up ahead and then come back above us, facing us, and have smiles. Soon we take the turn and see their backs again. Then another turn for them and we meet them again, laughing. It's so hard when contemplated in advance and so easy weh you do it.

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