From Heather W. Petty's Lock & Mori
“I wore a hat with a feather plume the first time I met Sherlock Holmes.”
“Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.”
From Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain
“Nobody likes getting punched in the face.”
From Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Destroys the World
“The longest day of my life began tardily.”
From John Green's Paper Towns
“I’m lying on a steel table, all too aware of the giant ray gun pointed in my direction.”
From Rob Harrell's Wink
“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
“‘Did you see her?’”
From Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl
“All right, let’ get the boring stuff out of the way.”
From Stephan Pastis’ Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
“There was only orange juice in the fridge.”
From Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk
“By midnight the snowfall would reach a foot, just shy of breaking Aspen’s one-day record set more than forty years before.”
From Trish Harnetiaux's White Elephant
“Ernie looked like a total teacher’s pet, standing at the blackboard in a clean shirt with his hair combed flat.”
From Doug Cooney's The Beloved Dearly
“Forks.”
From Fredrik Backman's Britt-Marie Was Here
“The J. Argon Clinic was not a state hospital.”
From Eion Colfer’s Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
“Phoenix woke up early and decided to go look for some food.”
From Tor Seidler's Oh, Rats!
“Emily Harlow wasn’t convinced that her sock drawer sparked joy.”
From Hallie Ephron's Careful What You Wish For
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