From Taylor Adams' No Exit
“Screw you, Bing Crosby.”
“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
“I trace the outline of my sister’s drawing, lungs molded from a sea of flowers.”
From Rachael Lippincott's Five Feet Apart
“Yeah, I know.”
From Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
“Malorie stands in the kitchen, thinking.”
From Josh Malerman's Bird Box
“Ayoola summons me with these words–Korede, I killed him.”
From Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer
“You may remember seeing me on TV when Jodie O’Rodeo saved the world.”
From Tom Angleberger's Fake Mustache
“The room reminds me of the kind of places Henri and I used to stay in during the early days.”
From Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies: United as One
First Sentence of a New World 