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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:36 pm
Grab the nearest book, and turn to page 51. Identify the fifth sentence and post it here. If the nearest book that you have has been used before or there is no text on page 51, you may double or halve the page number, as necessary. [u]The Godfather[/u], Mario Puzo At forty-eight he had been the most powerful movie magnate in Hollywood, still rough-spoken, rapaciously amorous, a raging wolf ravaging helpless flocks of young starlets. That is all. Unless you can come up with a better name... Let me know.
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:23 pm
Quote: You could do with a bit of fat on you." - The Earth Hums in B Flat, Mari Strachan
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:50 pm
Quote: "I was not wakened when I gave orders for wakening." , Anthony Burgess
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:00 pm
Quote: "I didn't, or she'd be running for all the emergency gear they carry." , Stephen King
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:40 pm
"In my youth", said his father, "I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw
Has lasted the rest of my life."
The complete works of Lewis Carroll, Part-Alice and Wonderland
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:04 pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare. That was lame. I'll try again. Quote: A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies. , Ray Bradbury.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:22 pm
[u]Around the World in 80 Days[/u], Jules Verne This was a gain to Phileas Fogg of two days since his departure from London, and he calmly entered the fact in the itinerary, in the column of gains.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:47 pm
pickle relish Quote: A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies. , Ray Bradbury. I'm so glad that I've now encountered another person that's read that... >_> [u]Anthem[/u], Ayn Rand There was only joy in them, and pride, a pride holier than it is fit for human pride to be.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:16 pm
124-C pickle relish Quote: A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies. , Ray Bradbury. I'm so glad that I've now encountered another person that's read that... >_> My dad gave it to me a couple years ago, and it's been one of my favorites ever since. ^^ [u]A Wizard of Earthsea[/u], Ursula K. Le Guin Its branches touched the high roofbeams of the hall, and on every twig of every branch a golden apple shone, each a sun, for it was the Year-Tree
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:58 am
Nearest book?Quote: Thus light does not get old; a photon that emerged from the big bang is the same age today as it was then. - The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene Wow, don't I feel like quite the nerd. o.O
My psychology text was actually closer, but that was no fair since 51 was just a picture. =.=
Also, The Martian Chronicles sounds really good * w* -googles-
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:49 am
Quote: Very soon he would not be an Eleven but a Twelve, and age would no longer matter.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:13 am
I love The Giver. ^^ [u]Deerskin[/u], Robin McKinley But then Ash, re-emerging from the quieting froth of petticoats, put her nose under her mistress's hand, and Lissar's gaze came back into ordinary focus.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:13 pm
The Martian Chronicles is worth a read given its peculiar delivery, but I guess I wouldn't rank it quite as high as other people seem to... Then again, I didn't really care for The Giver, either...
I updated the rules slightly, not that the rules are very important in this anyway... Had page 51 been a full page picture I probably would have just ignored it and used page 52. xd
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:26 am
Robert Jordan Quite aside from all the sunken ships and dead, freeing damane was another death-penalty charge, and disgusting besides, in the Seanchan view, as bad as rape or molesting children. - Crossroads of Twilight
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:33 pm
Mona Mayfair She realized suddenly that he was smiling - for her sake, of course - and now he gave her a little philosophical shrug. by Anne Rice PendragonX9 Robert Jordan Quite aside from all the sunken ships and dead, freeing damane was another death-penalty charge, and disgusting besides, in the Seanchan view, as bad as rape or molesting children. - Crossroads of TwilightI remember that line vividly, for some reason. sweatdrop
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