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"It was a pleasure to burn." Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die." The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
"That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me." Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
"It was a nice day." (Damn. One of my favorite books, and it has to start with something so boring. lol) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
"There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire." Stardust by Neil Gaiman
And now, from one of my favorite book series: Enchanted Forest Chronicles
"Linderwall was a large kingdom, just east of the Mountains of Morning, where philosophers were highly respected and the number five was fashionable." Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
"The King of the Enchanted Forest was twenty years old and lived in a rambling, scrambling, mixed-up castle somewhere near the center of his domain." Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
"Deep in the Enchanted Forest, in a neat gray house with a wide porch and a red roof, lived the witch Morwen and her nine cats." Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
"Mother taught me to be polite to dragons." Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede"I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
-Mira FurlanComment
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"He no longer could fool himself" Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
from the book i'm currently reading
"I'm done with men." a tangled innocence by Carrie Ann RyanLast edited by dawnfire; 01-24-2015, 11:37 PM.Comment
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(I’m not sure what the theme is, but here are some first lines from books I have read.)
The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the Korosko.
It was by a purely reflex movement that Wolf Helius held out his arms and caught the hurtling body.
There was death afoot in the darkness.
Now the rumbling of the great organ swelled to a roar, pressing, like a rising giant, against the vaulted ceiling, to burst through it.
The day that Mr. MacGregor lost the locomotive was a confusing one for our accountants.
His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before.
I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures.
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."Comment
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First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. (Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury)
In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part... (The Color Of Magic, by Terry Pratchett)
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling)Last edited by XCashier; 01-24-2015, 06:38 PM. Reason: added titles and authors, per Kit-Genevra's requestI don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
On my seventh birthday, my father swore, for the first of many times, that I would die face down in a cesspool.When you start at zero, everything's progress.Comment
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Kristin Bjornsen wondered if summer on the planet Barevi could possibly be the only season. freedom's landing or thorns of Barevi by Anne McCaffrey It started out as a short story called thorns of Barevi in her get off the unicorn anthology and then was expanded to Freedom's landingLast edited by dawnfire; 02-02-2015, 12:38 AM.Comment
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The Prince had all his young life known the story of Sleeping Beauty, cursed to sleep for a hundred years, with her parents, the King and Queen, and all of the Court, after pricking her finger on a spindle.
One day her lover takes O for a walk, but this time in a part of the city- the Parc Montsouris, the Parc Monceau- where they've never been before.
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy.
Merchandise does not come easily to the Marketplace.
The torn shred of aluminum lightsail rippled lightly down through the thin atmosphere and settled onto the calm ocean.You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~ArgabargaComment
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We need a list of answers somewhere to all these for us lesser luminaries.....The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.Comment
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Well, mine are:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (first post in this thread)
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
The Story of O
(what?)
A Brief History of Time
The Marketplace
Rocheworld
I believe gremcint is going through the Dresden Files books, though I don't have the series on hand to confirm that.You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~ArgabargaComment
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If your great aunt happens to be Ellen Terry, and your grandmother the greatest Shakespearian actress in all of Lithuania, you are hardly likely to drift into the fish trade...
The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.Comment
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Per your request:Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. The Time Machine by H. G Wells.
The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the Korosko. The Wreck of the Korosko by A. Conan Doyle.
It was by a purely reflex movement that Wolf Helius held out his arms and caught the hurtling body. The Rocket to the Moon by Thea von Harbou.
There was death afoot in the darkness. The Man of Bronze by Kenneth Robeson.
Now the rumbling of the great organ swelled to a roar, pressing, like a rising giant, against the vaulted ceiling, to burst through it. Metropolis by Thea von Harbou.
The day that Mr. MacGregor lost the locomotive was a confusing one for our accountants. My Ten Years in a Quandry by Robert Benchley.
His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before. Foundation by Issac Asimov.
I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. Tarzen of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."Comment
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Pretty sure everybody knows what my first one was from
The other one was from "Flesh and Spirit" by Carol Berg.When you start at zero, everything's progress.Comment
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mine are in invisotext.Quoth Kit-Ginevra View PostHonestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazesComment
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How do you do invisotext? I'll add title and author to mine, if I knew how to do it."I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
-Mira FurlanComment
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