From Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
“‘Try it again,’ Percy told me.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead
“When I was growing up, theater and music were my first loves, so my original show business goals revolved around being in musical comedies on Broadway, like Ethel Merman and Mary Martin.”
From Carol Burnett's In Such Good Company
“What you need to know about him back then is that if the police put seven college students in a lineup looking for the one who played trombone in the marching band, Calvin Sweeney would be picked, ten times out of ten.”
From Sue Halpern's Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
“There was a town, and there was a statue, and there was a person who had been kidnapped.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: When Did You See Her Last?
“Did things ever get so outlandishly rock-bottom rotten that you went around muttering, not necessarily out loud, but muttering nonetheless: I don’t believe it!”
From James Kirkwood's P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
“MacGyver opened his eyes.”
From Melinda Metz's Talk to the Paw