From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: When Did You See Her Last?
“There was a town, and there was a statue, and there was a person who had been kidnapped.”
“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
“The street lamp flickers, illuminating the grey pavement mottled by patches of dirty snow and slick black ice.”
From Shalini Boland's The Secret Mother
“Ho Chi Mihn City in the summer.”
Eion Colfer's Artemis Fowl
“There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft.”
From Lemony Snicket's All the Wrong Questions: Who Could That Be at This Hour?
“Screw you, Bing Crosby.”
From Taylor Adams' No Exit
“It was noon–when the sun was at its highest point and the dog was at his lowest moments.”
Tom Sullivan and Betty White's Together: A Story of Shared Vision
“They say the best things in life are free.”
Tim Hawkins' Diary of a Jackwagon
“Nickie Randolph’s first sight of the town of Yonwood was a white steeple rising out of the pine forest that covered the mountainside.”
Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember: The Prophet of Yonwood
“Sometimes becoming who we’re supposed to be means building walls around ourselves.”
Erin and Ben Napier's Make Something Good Today
“Lesson learned: If you take a Valkyrie out for coffee, you’ll get stuck with the check and a dead body.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor
“The last time I saw Mr. Hackman he was dead, but not decapitated.”
From Hollis Gillespie's We Will Be Crashing Shortly
“As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.”
From Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven
“The first time I saw the Bionic Man I was covered in sparkles.”
From Susin Nielsen's Optimists Die First
First Sentence of a New World 