From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Ark Angel
“The bomb had been timed to go off at exactly half past three.”
“‘Girls?'”
From Ellen Klages' White Sands, Red Menace
“A light snore reminds me that I’m not alone.”
From Heidi McLaughlin's Forever My Girl
“In Control’s dream it is early morning, the sky deep blue with just a twinge of light.”
From Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach: Authority
“Carter here.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire
“The room had no windows, and that in itself was strange as it was situated in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.”
Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Scorpia
“All you had to do was smile and wear the right clothes, and everyone would think you were special.”
From Joelle Charbonneau's Time Bomb
“Dewey Kerrigan sits on the concrete front steps of Mrs. Kovak’s house in St. Louis, waiting for her father.”
From Ellen Klages’ The Green Glass Sea
“My Mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways.”
From Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood
“Dear Friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn’t try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.”
From Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“We only have a few hours, so listen carefully.”
From Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid.
“Alex Rider lay on his back, drying out in the mid-day sun.”
From Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider: Eagle Strike
“‘Beep, beep,’ Lindsay calls out.”
From Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall
“’What I’d like from you is the truth, Miss Brennan.’”
From Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs' Virals: Exposure
“So, all went as planned– actually better.”
From Lauren Allbright's Exit Strategy
First Sentence of a New World 