Pick Up the Book Nearest to You

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

'Nay, sir,' I could not avoid answering, he'll touch nothing, not he - and, i suppose, he must have his share of the dainties as well as we.'
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

This sounds cool!

Quote :

We should not, however, attach much significance to the fact that they are indicated together here since they are also the largest COVATRIO values determined by the single-row analyses and appear in different contexts in the partial-regression leverage plots.
~ Regression diagnostics: Identifying Influential Data and Sources of Collinearity, David A. Belsley + Edwin Kuh + Roy E. Welsch

wow.. that's a long sentence.. and I don't even understand it...

Quote :

It is much more powerful.
-Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

It was turning her long, silky blonde hair to a silvery mane, and shrouding her in the kind of light that made Julia understand why some referred to her as the ice maiden, for everything about her seemed impenetrably cool and collected, and aloof almost to the point of disdain.

- The Mill House by Susan Lewis

Quote :

I was on Mars, where no sound, no smell, no emotion was familiar.

Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl.

Obviously Nick had common sense as well as powerful biceps.


lol

Final Friends Book 1: The Party
by Christopher Pike

Quote :

"And that is why I, as a disembodied mind, have this job, Custodian of the Total Perspective Vortex."

The resturant at the end of the universe - Douglas Adams

"Man's misfortune stems from the fact that he does not want to stay in the room where he belongs."

Perfume, by Patrick Sueskind

"I wouldn't ever want to be locked up like that," Tracy thought.

If tommorrow comes by Sidney Sheldon (great book by the way XD so smart, it makes you want to run out and be a conartist)

Quote :

They've been "pressed" and its not a pleasant sight.

The Spooks Curse -Joseph Delaney

Quote :

"And his wife is an attractive woman."

Others - James Herbert

Quote :

2. Select "On" or "Off" with the Navigation Key then press ok to save it

Pn-210 User Manual - Verizon wireless

rofl XD

Haha too bad I discovered this at work XD

Quote :

So called reservationless conferencing accounts for roughly 95% of that market, according to a research by Vapps, a Hoboken, N.J., provider of IP-based conferencing solutions.

And it's an article really, not a book but there are no books here. Cut the Cord by Jonathan Blum.

Quote :

"All right if the Doctor comes along and watches?" she asked, knowing the answer.

-The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner

Yes, my Dr Who obsession has extended to the books :D

He felt the bile rise up into his mouth but he knew he must do it somehow.


Vampirates - Justin Somper

"Oh, huff, you're not going to fit in the oven are you? Not in one piece anyway."

lol

The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley

'But I did know that I couldn't wait for the next meeting of the book group.'

A Novel Idea by Aimee Friedman

"Oh, das würde ich an deiner Stelle lieber nicht lesen", sagte der Verkäufer beiläufig, als er Harrys Blick folgte, "sonst fängst du noch an, überall Vorzeichen des Todes zu sehen, und das kann einem wirklich Todesangst einjagen."

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
PoA in German ^^

And she couldn't leave Tristan. She wouldn't leave him. Not to face hideous monsters on his own.

The Only One by Christine Feehan, Susan Grant, and Susan Squires

"Tessa in particular was at least eight feet tall and five feet wide, while I was rather slender and delicate of frame..."

Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl

"The shape was close enough to see clearly now. It raced towards them. It was at least the size of the bus..."

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

"So I've decided to accidentally-on-purpose cross her path in the hall."

When It Happens by Susane Colasanti

"Three men who tried to secure it were badly injured; the bull plunged on among the reeds and broke out onto a path where children played."

-Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathon Stroud.

{great book, I highly recommend it }

Because the middle-aged, mustached man's face falls, and he demands, in a suspicious, heavily French-accented voice, "Who sent you? Was it Maurice?"

--Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot

"Dunno," said Ron, "Quite old. He used to belong to my brother."
J.K. Rowling/ HP Prisoner of Azkaban

Dustfinger brought nothing with him from the other world.

...from Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Quote :

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

Twilight, Stephenie Meyer


:D

I must have looked puzzled because Natheniel explained, "A hit-and-run is when a customer gets an extra grope, or scrath, or something intimate, and we don't know who did it, and they don't pay for it."

The Harlequin-Laurell K. Hamilton

As a message curled into flames and floated to the ground, Harry looked around at the houses again.

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix- J.K. Rowling.

Quote :

"Of coarse if you'd like to come to Seattle," Aunt Marie-Claire added. "You're more then wlecome."

Witch - Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie

bachelor(bach'e ler) n. man who has not married

webster's new world student dictionary
by jonathan l. goldman

-lol..the first book I saw

most of Egypt is dry and unarable.

-Pharaoh PC handbook

Quote :

Jessica narrowed her eyes. Thanks, Lila, she thought.

Elizabeth is Mine - Kate William

Quote :

Getting two thousand men, (or what was left of them, for gossip was saying they had been 'well chewed'), into boats and back to boston would create just the confusion Doctor Warren had promised.


Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes

...this reminds me, I have to give this back to the library in a few days....

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

J.K. Rowling/Deathly Hollows

Quote :

The scent of shaved wood, the beaten-bronze texture of the cream paper.

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

"That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, wouldst thou not stir in this. Now Hamlet, hear."

--Hamlet by Shakespeare.

Quote :

Glass is standing at the stove, where she is frantically shaking a frying pan.

The Center of the World by Andreas Steinhofel

Quote :

En 1990, il y avait une veritable crise de la circulation, non?

And that's my french textbook. xD

Quote :

I love being a photographer. You get to make people say stupid things for a living.

Miss Match by Erynn Mangum

Quote :

"I'm afraid I have no patience with toiling over a stove" she sad, as she put the dishes on the table. "Perhaps our friend with the furry animal can cook?"

-Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

good book.... bad sentence to give you the idea of it. lol.

"That hat I bought had earlpas in it, and I put them on - I didn't give a damn how I looked.

The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger