Grab the book closest

[Valerian]

I noticed vaguely that it was wearing a white dress.

Evil and the Mask, by Fuminori Nakamura

[Raef]

"The air smelled more like rain than fall."

The Death of Chaos - L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

[RavensOnyx]

"Beautiful, thorny, and high maintenance." 
Southern Living

(I am not at home, so not my book.  Hope that doesn't matter.)

[Caehlim]

"But his hon. friend raised a question of a different kind by the Bill he had introduced, and argued as if it were a mere complement to the measure he had himself passed two years ago, contending that, in logic, the House of Commons was bound to confer the parliamentary suffrage on women, because it had trusted them with the municipal franchise."

Before the vote was won - Lewis

[Valerian]

"It was packed with rich merchants' townhouses, thriving shops and markets."

~The Lady Penelope: The Lost Tale of Love and Politics in the Court of Elizabeth I by Sally Varlow

[Mikem]

"Of course if the former lack of artistry offends your aesthetic sensibilities---there is always that nice Bulldoze Tool."

~Simcity 4 Deluxe Edition User Manual

[CassieBear]

"All of that said, the process of being plucked apart and devoured still seems like it would sting like all get-out."

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk

[Raef]

"He'd found it always paid to think very carefully before answering Twoflower's more surprising questions."

The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett

[AmberStarfire]

The closest book is the one I'm currently working on.

Going to p. 56 (as it is during the editing process),
If lines in a poem separated by commas count as sentences then it is "and her colours bright."

If it's full 'sentences', then it would be the first line of the last stanza on the page, which is "Condemned to a tiny iron cage."

[RavenBlackmoon]

"again
it's the horsefly
it bites
my poor body!"

Prometheus Bound Aeschylus (Scully and Herington translation)

[Angelic Kitten]

He'd reluctantly accepted the de la Farte theory, after rereading it to be certain he had not misread it before and was all but disheartened by the realization that it might take months or even years before he stumbled upon the name of a demon who might still be summoned-if, indeed there were any such.

"A Personal Demon" by David Bischoff, Rich Brown and Linda Richardson.

If you've heard of it, and read it, I'd be pretty impressed.  It's like a 30 year old paperback.  Loaned it out a few years ago, never came back and i had to hunt down a used copy of it through amazon, it's just gathering dust on my desk at the moment but i intend to read it again when i have a chance.

[Cassandra LeMay]

You were looking for me?

Saint Peter's Fair, Ellis Peters

[CassieBear]

But anyways, it all come of looking at the moon that way, like a fool.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

[yobo]

'Why, about an hour.'

From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which I just finished.

[RavenBlackmoon]

"You should not be like a human being."

Bacchae by Euripides

This is part of an exchange between a mortal and Dionysus.

[Mihkul]

"Bromotoluene....Flurocarbon FKM...B to 70 deg F"

-Chemical Resistant Guide for Elasomers-

[Caehlim]

There are as many Heralds in a region as necessary, although this title usually goes to only those who are trustworthy, capable of putting the needs of the Consillium ahead of their own.

Mage: The Awakening rulebook.

[PleaseBeGentle]

"Does he have a chance?"

Domitia and Domitian (ebook) by David Corson

[wander]

Heh, this week's copy of 2000AD... ^^;

[VioletPanda]

  You know that you're supposed to be posting a line from what you read,  riiigght?

  OT: Her nudity was her armor.

              -Shadows Edge by Brent Weeks

[CassieBear]

I have an abrasive personality.

Killing Mr. Duncan by Lois Duncan

[Loonyhog]

If possible, have someone else drive.

'More Forbidden Knowledge -101 new things NOT everyone should know-,' by Matt Forbeck

[Smoketail]

Because of this unusual arrangement, most of Pandora's nights have some illumination; fully dark nights are few and far between.

-James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide

[WordSmith]

The First two pieces I turned in had to do with a basketball game in which an LHS player broke the school scoring record.

King, Stephen. 2000. A Memoir of the Craft. On Writing.

[stormwyrm]

"Under the Covenant," Ware told him in excellent Latin, "I have no choice but to receive you, of course, Father."

— Black Easter by James Blish (actually page 61 because Page 56 in my edition is blank, and page 61 is the first one after that with at least five sentences printed on it.