onionroach

When the stage slowed to allow the horses to walk up the long grade, Mary Bredon was the only passenger awake.

-The Cherokee Trail by Louis L'Amour

alli balli

"Her paternal aunt, Mrs. Varian, once spread the rumour that Isabel was writing a book - Mrs. Varian having a reverence for books, and averred that the girl would distinguish herself in print."

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

Kimberly

"This time, it was the caller who had disturbed Charley's nap who had the connection."

from No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark

Quarterley

"But, for now, sneaking in would do just fine."

- South Beach, by Aimee Friedman

BehrItAll

"Show her what she's won"
citizen girl by Emma McLaughlin & Nicole Kraus

22 Umbrellas

"Two guys came up to me on the street and asked if I wanted to make a quick fifty-thousand yen."

from Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

onionroach

It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.

-Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

Lemurian

"We traveled, via St. Louis, in very primitive steam cars to West Las Animas, Colorado, which was then the terminus of the railroad."

Stories Untold: Jewish Pioneer Women, Andrea Kalinowski

Kittie231

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

- 1984 by George Orwell

onionroach

"Good morning boys and girls," the principal's voice said over the intercom.

-Horrible Harry and the Dungeon by Suzy Kline

Marilyn_19032002

"I'll think of it all tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

-Gone with the wind-margaret mitchell

Jerseygirl

I believe that what seperates humanity from everything else in this world - spaghetti, binder paper, deep sea creatures, edelweiss and Mount McKinley - is that humanity alone has the capacity at any given moment to commit all possible sins.

Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland

TheAngel

"It was a big first step- nineteen thousand feet between the soles of my boots and the scrubby jungle- but I didn't have time to think about that."
Rogue Warrior Richard Marcinko with John Weisman

Lemurian

"I closed my eyes and felt the rain against my face, and smelled the smoke of the defeated fire, and thought of Coalwood. Coalwood, as it was, and shall be. Coalwood my home. Coalwood forever."
Sky of Stone, Homer Hickam

onionroach

Jackie was flying a plane, so Jackie was happy.

-The Invitation by Jude Deveraux