Grab the Book Closest (#2)

[Lady Shadow]

"Then take us out Commander, impulse power."

~Star Trek - Time for Yesterday

[Naenia Nightshade]

“Vispa smör och socker vitt och pösigt.”

~Kärleksmums by Emma Hamberg & Anette Rosvall.

Translation of the sentence: “Whisk butter and sugar white and puffy.”
(A recipe book was the only book close me)

[Sophia12]

Someday you'll understand that you can be all of those things alongside somebody else.

This Is Me Letting You Go- Heidi Priebe

[Valerian]

"But presage of power or not, it assumes some considerable interest on the part of the highest authorities in the cleanliness of the city."

~Pompeii, by Mary Beard

[CassieBear]

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -- for killing people.

Great British Wit - Assembled by Rosemarie Jarski

[badmoon1955]

"If we write a token and its attribute as a tuple enclosed between <>, the input 31 + 28 + 59 is transformed into the sequence of tuples <num, 31> <+, > <num, 28> <+, > <num, 59>"

Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools, Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

It doesn't get much better than that eh?

[Valerian]

"They somehow collected enough scraps of paper -- everything from old envelopes to brown paper from parcels -- to paste together to create an inflatable in which to escape."

~The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War, by Neal Bascomb

[Xyza]

Colton leaned on his elbows and regarded me with sky blue eyes that seemed a little bit sheepish.

Heaven is For Real: A little boys astounding story of his trip to heaven and back by Todd Burpo.

[CassieBear]

He hadn't even broken a sweat.

Demon in my View - Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.

[Valerian]

"Almost the only witness we have for these years that the locusts ate is the biography of Subedei, who was eleven when the time of exile began and nineteen when it ended."

~Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy, by Frank McLynn

[taurinekitten]

Her school assignments were always on time, always perfect.

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz

[CassieBear]

Her school assignments were always on time, always perfect.

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz

I love those books. I have that one and the other two under the end table beside my bed.

OT: And I tell dude 137, in case he wants to cover his bald spot, I got a spray in my bag that might work.

Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk.

[JayneJones]

The large, kidney-shaped broad beans sometimes have an ill-deserved reputation for being tough among those who have never eaten them straight from the garden when they are young and mouth-wateringly tender.

Australia and New Zealand Complete Self-Sufficiency Handbook by Sally Gordon

[wander]

Bloodfall began to come down outside the mail curtains of the palanquin, hot gore splattering on the canopy overhead.

Age of Sigmar: Warcry, the anthology. From the chapter 'The Method of Madness' by Peter McLean.



Also had to jump to p.57 as p.56 was just a blank page before the story started.

So yes, literally five sentences in and the blood is flowing. Bloodfall refers to how in the lands of the Allpoints, it can literally rain blood. Because Chaos.

[Avernale]

"Make sure you jump at an angle that will take you out of the path of the car."
The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Man Skills, by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht & Ben H. Winters

[TheSilentBang]

Moira rummages in my purse.

[CassieBear]

If he wasn't careful, thought Tariq, he could make a fool of himself over this little viper with her eyes like sapphires and her tongue like broken glass.

The Lazarus Hotel - Jo Bannister

[Avernale]

"In this outfit," she proclaimed at last, "You will irritate the hell out of him."
--Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman

[Skade]

The rogue delivers a swift and unsportsmanlike kick to the target, dealing normal combat damage as well as imposing penalties to defense and movement speed unless the target passes a physical resistance check.

- Dragon Age: Origins. Prima Official Game Guide

[Argyros]

“He wanted her mark on him, and he damn sure wanted to leave his [mark] on her.”

- Cynthia Eden, Into the Night (2017)

[Avernale]

"CODES 1 THRU 12 ARE FOR SCENARIO MODE ONLY"
- Game Genie (Genesis) Programming Manual and Codebook

[Mirrah]

"Anne smiled wanly."

- Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery

[CassieBear]

Most people love this stuff.

Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth.

[Mirrah]

"So this was a school..."

- Kizumonogatari, by Nisioisin

[Mr Shadow]

The junction sat atop a small hill, and from its crest, one could see down the road as far as one cared to.