From Rick Riordan's The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy
“When our dragon declared war on Indiana, I knew it was going to be a bad day.”
“Deputy Keith Clayton hadn’t heard them approach, and up close, he didn’t like the looks of them anymore than he had the first time he’d seen them.”
From Nicholas Sparks' The Lucky One
“Niko’s eyes flashed to our faces, one by one.”
From Emmy Laybourne's Monument 14: Savage Drift
“There was a town, and there was a librarian, and there was a fire.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Shouldn't You Be in School?
“Sweeney gave me a little too much lead on the pass.”
From Trent Reedy’s Divided We Fall
First Sentence of a New World 