Grab the book closest

[ladia2287]

Do not repeat your voyage of discovery, or perhaps your bridal expectations may prove an egregious failure.

Beulah, by Augusta Wilson.

[yobo]

It is not by accident that we are discussing here Scott 319/320 and Scott 599/599A and 634/634A.

(Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers)

[AmberStarfire]

"While numbers are the most common choice for array indices, there's another possibility [referring to associative arrays]."

~ PHP and MySQL: Novice to Ninja by Kevin Yank

[Hazel]

"He's from the ring."
Metro 2033

[Lilias]

'But, although he yearned for adventure, he wasn't a particularly adventurous child.'
~ Sherri Smith, The Children of Witches

[Cyle]

"There lies only death beyond the Burning Plain.

The Woman Who Loved Reindeer - Meredith Anne Pierce

[Toral Stimins]

'Ah! Yes Master, the manifest of our honoured yakshaka, sir.

Blood and Bone Ian C. Esslemont.

[Loken]

Terra, you're to easy, Garvi. Too easy. The look on your face!"

Dan Abnett Horus Rising

[Valerian]

"A Zeppelin raid," Bridget said authoritatively.

Life After Life, Kate Atkinson

[Lilias]

'They are such pretty flowers, I grow them in my cutting garden.'
~ The Poison Diaries, Maryrose Wood

[Cyle]

French   : vendredi, m.  380

International Dictionary in 21 Languages - H.L. Ouseg

[ExoticKarma]

There are other examples of animals eating foods that impede their reproduction; however, they tend to be defense mechanism of the dietary product in question.

[AmberStarfire]

"In December, 2006, Wikileaks posted its first document..."

WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by David Leigh and Luke Harding.

[Valerian]

"Ely recalled being treated by Winder 'with the utmost kindness and respect,' while Union officer Michael Corcoran later wrote that Winder did all in his power to make the prisoners 'as comfortable as possible.' "

~Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy, by Elizabeth Varon

[Snapespersephone]

So, working on the theory that the best defense is offense, I composed the following "Letter to Teachers from the Parent":

I Should Have Seen It Coming When The Rabbit Died Teresa Bloomingdale

[Valerian]

"In 1332, to promote further scholarship, Robert, with Sancia's approval, hired the accomplished scholar Paolo of Perugia to be keeper of the King's Library, at the munificent remuneration of 225 gold florins a year, and charged him with acquiring an extensive collection of manuscripts."

The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily, by Nancy Goldstone.

[avorae]

"It was pretty bad."

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

[The Dark Raven]

"No, for it was followed by a protestation of innocence."

~Sherlock Holmes, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, A. Conan Doyle

[Kythia]

"Nobody Else Around"

Iain M Banks (RIP), Excession

[Shewolf]

'Matthew Clairmont.' His name caught in the back of my throat, just as the scent of cloves had the night before.

A discovery of Witches ~ Deborah Harkness

[Rex33]

"You don't have to blind me."-Karen, Goosebumps

[AmberStarfire]

"He was too specific, it was too vivid a vision."

~ Stormbringers, Philippa Gregory

[Lilias]

I had no idea how much time had passed since they'd knocked us out and bundled us into the back of the delivery van.

~Anthony Horowitz, Two of Diamonds

[AmberStarfire]

"He does not like to be balked." (Referring to Stannis Baratheon)

~ A Dance with Dragons Part 1 by George R. R. Martin

[Strmas53]

"It ain't the Hamptons, but as my dad would say, it ain't cheesburgers."
Joyland, Stephen King