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Offline Lynne

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #70 on: June 13, 2009, 11:23:26 am »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #71 on: June 13, 2009, 11:59:07 am »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #72 on: July 23, 2009, 12:56:35 pm »
"Watched students clump and talk and run on the grass, until Trevor appeared, trotting down the front steps."

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #73 on: July 23, 2009, 01:46:43 pm »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #74 on: July 25, 2009, 03:38:52 am »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #75 on: July 30, 2009, 01:25:00 pm »
Two books, kind of equidistant:

When Beth said nothing, she went on, "He has an unusual request to make of us."

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

"Somebody was banging with a stick!"

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #76 on: July 30, 2009, 01:59:50 pm »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #77 on: July 31, 2009, 06:14:30 pm »
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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #78 on: July 31, 2009, 08:05:39 pm »
Grab the nearest book, turn to page 23 and post the 5th complete sentance here. I'll go first:

"They knew Umialik had chosen Qayaq to be his son-in-law and that Umialik would not hunt anymore that day."

I've been contributing to this great thread for some time now. If I remember correctly, the first book I quoted was from a dry old text book that was the book located nearest to me at that particular time. Since then, however, my subsequent posts have quoted the 5th complete sentence on the 23rd page of the book I was presently reading or had just finished reading. Hope that's okay, Truman.  :D

Here's my latest. It's a re-read for me:

"Once long before, I had asked my father why Zeus made some men to be Hellenes living in cities with laws, some barbarians under tyrants, and others slaves."

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Re: Okay, thry this:
« Reply #79 on: August 01, 2009, 12:38:34 am »
" 'I've never thought of you in that way,' she said helplessly."

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