Grab the Book Closest (#2)

[Lovely Complex]

Charlie and I looked at each other.

If Only In My Dreams, Keira Andrews

[Stella]

Fumiko gave a big nod and went towards the cash register.

- Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

[OfferedToEros]

Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
I'm a bit of a nerd, I suppose, but I love neurology - and Oliver Sacks was one of the very best.  :-)

[Stella]

"I liked Ham-IV very much."

- Rite of Passage, Alexei Panshin

[Valerian]

“Hourman devised his own Miraclo pills, which granted him a concise sixty minutes of superhuman vitality.”

~The League of Regrettable Superheroes, by Jon Morris

[Lilybi]

"Bang," he said softly.
~Only a monster, by Vanessa Len

[Nymphadora]

Garagantua answered him, that he was the onely wonder of the world, the terror of the people, and the tamer of man and beast.

~The History of Tom Thumbe
~The Classic Fairy Tales - Iona & Peter Opie

[Rafael]

The base consists of a small power unit equivalent to the fusion still (see page 52) and a main cabin to house it plus associated support equipment - water tanks, food storage and freshers.
Traveller - Central Supply Catalogue,

[TsianLowe]

Like tentacles, they snaked across the sand.

[Yeishia]

His work won awards.

The Witching Hour- Anne Rice

[Limerence]

Book: The husband - Dean Koontz | 5th sentence: 【 Neither the elongated shadows nor the flowers would snap. 】

[CaptainErotica]

 Hawken, also up now, grinned maliciously at the comment, teeth shining in his dark face.

Battletech Legends: Wolves On The Border

[Lovely Complex]

“That's comforting, I guess,” Miles replied.

Wild Trail by A.M. Arthur

[Valerian]

“Nor were their small, portable cannons capable of knocking down the thick stone walls.”

-The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, by Eric Jager

[CaptainErotica]

This was a reflection of Lacey, a haughty sort of patriarch.

Whiskey Bottles And Brand New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Elia83sub]

Rather, it is to demonstrate how this universal belief in the existence of the soul led to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all of creation; how that divine presence was gradually personalized, given names and backstories, endowed with human traits and emotions, and cast into a thousand different forms, each with its own personality and purpose; and how, after many years and with great difficulty, those forms gave way to the single divine personality we know today as God.

[Valerian]

"But eligible lords who came courting found their attentions politely refused; the queen's sister had long been casting her eyes elsewhere."

~Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography, by Marion Meade

[Lilias]

'And it's your job, or--'

~Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi

[RainyHigh]

"This is only my first day, after all. [...]"

Grave Mistakes by Ivy Asher and Raven Kennedy.

[Sethren]

The Walking Dead, Compendium One

[Stella]

"Ever felt the lack of parents, Philip?"

- My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier.

[Lilias]

'I'm serious about you taking a break--'

~Encanto, The Junior Novel, Angela Cervantes

[DragonflyAlice]

"You're wrong," she finally said.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Tales of the Slayer Vol 3

[Valerian]

"But the officers of L Division in Lambeth were unaware of the letters that had prompted their colleagues in other parts of London to set traps for a mysterious blackmailer."

~The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer, by Dean Jobb

[Pink Duct Tape]

"Reacher said nothing."

-Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child