Pick Up the Book Nearest to You

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This is a game I've seen on another forum. As it's more related to books than anything, it's going here in the book forum rather than the games forum.

Pick up the book that's closest to you - can be anything, fiction, non-fiction, even a textbook.

Turn to page 59.

Count down five lines from the top.

Post the sentence that begins and/or ends on that line and the book/author it came from.

I'll start:

Quote :

Telson's frown cleared and he chuckled. "You know, Darv - you may have something."
-Earthsearch II: Deathship, James Follett

Quote :

I didn't like that question so much either. "New Moon - Stephanie Meyer"

"I know you worried. I know you scared. I know you think you gonna go away for years and years, but I really think that they can let you off."

Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon

"I mean, this isn't something I ever thought would happen," I said.

Fourth Comings -- Megan McCafferty

"He was sitting on a letter," she went on. "On a capital N. I saw his horns"
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

In the forested caves they found the others of their clan, and Lee Scoresby too.
The Subtle Kinife - Philip Pullman

Quote :

"I shall make a point of going," said Henry Foster.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Quote :

Afterwards, there was a huge argument as to exactly whose fault it was.

Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Hmm, I wish it was a much better quote...It's a lovely book...

Quote :

"Like her brother, except much better controlled. She's the only one of the family who is still a danger, but she very definitely is a danger."
"She might be saying the same of you."

Court Duel (Book II of the Crown Duel Series) by Sherwood Smith

Quote :

"You have garnished my glass of blood," I observed, "with basil and margarita salt."

Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson

Lol I love her books as they're about vampires, but a completely different funny twist xD You all should definitely check her out..

Quote :

There was never any traffic--driving through the city was almost like driving through a painting, the streets wider and cleaner than any New York street is supposed to be.

--Are We There Yet? by David Levithan

Hey! My book doesn't have any page 59 xD ... that's because it's a short story... "Rhinoceros" by Ionesco. I'll just post the first sentence xD

... and nope, I won't translate. Lazy, you know...

Quote :

Nous discutions tranquillement de choses et d'autres, a la terasse du cafe, mon ami Jean et moi, lorsque nous apercumes, sur le trottoir d'en face, enorme, puissant, soufflant bruyamment, foncant droit devant lui, frolant les etalages, un rhinoceros.

(no accents on my keyboard xD)

it's the thing we're reading now in French, btw

Quote :

"Ask away," Elizabeth answered.

A rather boring line in a great book, Grantville Gazette edited by Eric Flint -- next on my TBR list.

New Moon - Stephanie Meyer

Quote :

I didnt like that question so much, either. But I thought through the possibilities Id considered today.

Quote :

I know the type of book she means - cheap, sentimental claptrap about put-upon girls triumphing over adversity without ever losing that sweet, kindhearted, feminine softness everyone seems to prize so highly.

Ha-Ha - Nice

From: A Great and Terrible Beauty
By: Libba Bray

Quote :

" 'I should use the bushes if I was you dear,' Miss Level called after her, 'I don't like stopping once we're airbourne.' "

Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchet.

(I recommend this to anyone, it's hilarious!)

Quote :

He was surprised again at how breathless he felt. He picked up the revolver, spun the cylinder.

-Torchwood: Another Life by Peter Anghelides

Quote :

"I know," She whispered.

Coming home, Lauren Brooke.

Quote :

"Wait a second," Jonathan said. "I thought darklings couldn't hurt normal people." Dess shook her head. "Once your poke through into midnight, you're part of that world for an hour. And eligible to join the darkling food chain."

Midnighters: Blue Noon (Scott Westerfeld)

~Awesome Series~

Quote :

His staff had worked gruelling hours to support him in the upcoming election, and now, all of a sudden, it seemed the President was fumbling the ball.

Deception Point by Dan Brown

Ummm...I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post half a sentence (since that's on that line) but oh well!

Quote :

and there's more cheering.
Spells and Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mylnowski

Quote :

It took a while for Tibby to recover enough dignity...

-The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

since its half of the sentence ill do the whole sentence.

Code:

He knew a dreadful, gut-wrenching pang for Hedwig as it exploded; the Death Eater nearest it was b lasted off his broom and fel from sight; his companion fel back and vanished.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
JK Rowling.

Code:

The weird shivering in the air around Esme's outstretched hands was spreading, tuning a heavy bruise-black, stratching and folding back around her.

The Black Tatto

Sam Enthoven

Quote :

Mrs. Hagen helped stuff my clothes, dolls and sleeping bag into large plastic garbage bags.

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Quote :

"We'll manage, with the bus and all," Ivy said.

The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingslover.

Quote :

Toshiko pressed the first button on the device, and then the second one.

-Slow Decay by Andy Lane

Quote :

Miss Treason sat downstairs in her cottage and watched Tiffany sleeping in the low bedroom above her.
Wintersmith
Terry Pratchet

Quote :

We don't care that most humans shun our neighborhood like pre-Turn ghettos.

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

Quote :

"He was sitting on a letter," she went on.

Inkheart, Cornelia Funke

Random quote, since this book doesn't have page numbers:

Quote :

You see the tall smokestacks belching wide spools of fume and haze. The tangled concourses of freeways smattered with swift, shimmering traffic is but a gently pulsing eye muscle from your vantage point.

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby by why the lucky stiff

Code:

Many accidents are caused by drivers who block or hinder other traffic by driving at speeds that are to low.

Alabama Driver Manual

Quote :

"They're going to kill me," Sam was intoning in a high-pitched whine. "I show up in Myra, they're going to kill me, don't you see?"

She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot

Quote :

"This guy is your boyfriend?" he demands of me, rudely

Size 14 isn't fat Either, Meg Cabot

Code:

"Bella!" he yelled in panic when he recognized me on the stretcher.

Twilight - Stephine Meyer

"'I have no wish to take life, even human life,' repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears."

-Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Quote :

Her father and mother/Piled her with questions,/ She did not hear them. /She could hardly breathe.

From The Bridegroom by Alexsander Pushkin in my sister's LA textbook.