Grab the book closest

[Oniya]

Attentive yet to listen to the trunk
We stood, expecting further speech, when us
A noise surprised; as when a man perceives
The wild boar and the hunt approach his place
Of station'd watch, who of the beasts and boughs
Loud rustling round him hears.

Dante's Comeddia, Book 1, Canto XIV, Harvard Classics Edition.

[Illuminate]

That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come.

The Bible NLT

[RavenBlackmoon]

"Wife and daughter both, your Grace."

A Dance With Dragons

[Illuminate]

"Hello Dabizi!" the man said in English, smiling broadly.

Safely Home by Randy Alcorn

[Koyume]

"The value of a variable can be set or changed through an assignment statement."

Programming and Problem Solving with C++

[Blythe]

"If, however, the animal is war-trained, you don't need to spend an action."

A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying by Robert J. Schwalb


*feels like a nerd*

[ladia2287]

Creatore, che hai fatto la luce, o Signore, che illumini I giorni, quando apparve la luce nel cielo hai creato dal nulla ogni cosa.

Massime Eterne

[saphireMARIE]

But when they reached the shelters Simon was not to be seen.

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

[AmberStarfire]

Lord of the Flies - William Golding

We were forced to read that in school.

[saphireMARIE]

We were forced to read that in school.

Same, I caused a whole debate over if the book was sexist or not just because I couldn't find any female characters

[Kichita]

A slow cooker cookbook. Nothing says lovin like a slow cooked meal?  Hee hee. 

[AmberStarfire]

Same, I caused a whole debate over if the book was sexist or not just because I couldn't find any female characters

Nice. :)

[Daoine Sidhe]

The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volume B, Ed. 3, General Editor: Martin Puchner.

[Observing Trifles]

He saw them as soon as they perceived him, and his military challenge of "Who goes there?" rang through the silent ravine.

- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Nexus1199]

Imagine answering a phone by placing a real lobster's claw against your ear; it could easily snip your ear off.

[Mercedes]

A primary stress mark (') follows the syllable with greatest emphasis and a secondary stress mark(') follows one with lesser emphasis.

[Solaris Hunter]

There was a bit of change on the table, couple quarters, a dime, a rash of pennies.


CH 5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Book of Fours - Nancy Holder

[AmberStarfire]

"Two of the ministers then bore down upon the King; one took Lissar's hand and presented her to a duke who was looking for a young wife, and could afford to pay for one that suited him."

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

[xya simi]

"The unavailability of the accustomed and dependable internal stabilizers of childhood seems to be responsible for many of the typical and transient personality characteristics of this age."

- Identity in Adolescence, Jane Kroger.

[Valerian]

"As a result, in physics there isn't as much premium on new ideas as there is on ideas that work."

Fear of Physics, by Lawrence M. Krauss

[Serephino]

What is more, he knew where he came from.

Lord of the Rings; The fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien

[Tersius]

"Battery gates properly installed"

Forklift repair manual

[Kythia]

"During the week you might be the only one to appreciate clever DJ dance remixes, but on weekends clubbers descend from Casablanca to revive the last days of Disco"

Lonely Planet Guide - Marrakesh

[Chasseybaby]

I have two books on top of one another that are equally close... >.>

He felt a flicker of worry in his stomach but took no notice of her.
John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let Me In

The highest prime number coalesced quietly in a corner and hid itself away forever.
Douglas Adams - The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Silver]

For she is here, Elsewhere, and what good is a driver's license if the only place she can use it is here?

Gabrielle Zevin - Elsewhere