But she was just another alien thing in this alien worldMargaret KilljoyI'd landed in.
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Taunted by Art Garfunkel's reading list, I decided to keep my own. Then I read Nick Hornby's The Polysyllabic Spree.
But she was just another alien thing in this alien worldMargaret KilljoyI'd landed in.
We must have stayed there for ages, because when I tried to leave, I was locked in.Metaphrog
In 1945, the pilot of a U.S. Air Force B-25 became lost in the fog and flew into the seventy-ninth floor of the Empire State Building, severing the hoist and safety cables of two elevators and sending both plummeting down the shafts.Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty, PhD
"They really do look good!"Benjamin Renner
I wish I could draw all day.Terri Libenson
I have no doubt that we'll be seeing more of this trend, even outside of cities, in the future.Fumio Sasaki
I think the best bet is to find some new members for the club.Raina Telgemeier
Claudia, you could draw something for us.Raina Telgemeier
Man, I've been looking everywhere for you--you scared the hell out of me!Julie Maroh
I heard a noyse in the orchard.Susanna Clarke
There were sharp cracks from all over her body.Diana Wynne Jones
Bunny's few friends began drift away.Mark Haddon
'Tain, je t'ai cherchée partout, tu m'as fichu la peur de ma vie!Julie Maroh
Qu'est-ce que le chat fait en haut?Yves Pelletier
Laissez-le, Eliza, le commandant vient voir la mort au travail.Stéphane Piatzszek

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("What?" Conor said, looking around his backyard."Here?")Patrick Ness
Someone there was then called by the name Thor, and he was taken to be the old Thor of the AEsir and Thor the Charioteer.Peter Archer
But Jeff and I have climbed up into the hayloft.Raina Telgemeier
He held Wynn tightly, almost as tightly as he held his own breath.Kristin Bailey
Anything can happen when you believe in yourself!Catherynne M. Valente
"Jones is spraying and Takashima's sleeping."Phyllis Gotlieb
"We'll never get the guy this way, Chico."Phillip Rock
As soon as he arrived, Master Adam hurried to confer, in particular, with Theobold Zacharion and Justin Cantarumene.Alain Bergeron
The vibrant, never-dainty, never-perfect girl from Provence, who spoke with words that he felt he could grasp with his hands.Nina George
Everyone is better than me.Erin Loechner
He handed the leash to Kid and dug plastic gloves and a poo bag out of the satchel.Anne Fleming
"I just heard that if you have a dog you're supposed to keep it inside."Heather Maclean
"I am not running away."Tarun Shanker, Kelly Zekas
A lot you know... Oh, man, here he comes now.Frank Miller
At last the cab is discovered.Frank Miller
The salsa looks like it has bubbly poo in it!!Raina Telgemeier
But everyone here is totally obsessed with ghosts!Raina Telgemeier
Sitting on the edge of my bed, she brushes damp hair from my eyes.Brendan Reichs
They looked under the carpet of the wide mahogany front stairs, and in every corner of the dark twisty back stairs.Sage Blackwood
If Tess da Costa is really so special, why didn't she get a sign before the child was taken?Katie Bayerl
"Why are you so miserable?" asked Insi.Muna Imady
Walt was opening his mouth to tell Dr. Bean that the book hadn't been wrong, but Joe spoke first.Carol Goodman
There was a glow of intelligence and feeling on his face which made him particularly interesting and caused strangers to speak of him as a fine little fellow.George Saunders
Searing, op. cit.
It had long black fur, big silver eyes, tiny white teeth and little pink paws.Lari Don
In commissioning 1100 Architect to renovate the house, the owners sought to radically update the brownstone by increasing its indoor-outdoor connection a luxury that is so rare in New York City.Diana Lind
"The human need for penance is strong," he replies wistfully.Ronald L. Smith
Now that I'd nailed that stranger's picture to the tree, he couldn't get to me.Ronald L. Smith
But Gestumblindi was useless at composing riddles.Lari Don
But are you still going out?Abby Cooper
The EPA classifies carbaryl as highly toxic to salmonids, crabs, stone flies, and water fleas.Tao Orion
One of those awards came in Iraq in 2004, when D.B. worked for the State Department under a contract with Blackwater.Mitchell Zuckoff
There were obviously social pressures with a population of haves and have-nots at odds in a two-class system.Dave Bara
Train thyself better:Ian Doescher
Not to hold on, but to let go
What thou fear'st to lose.
"I should check up on her..."Natsume Ono
Then, during the first week of June, the family moved to the hotel for the summer.Rona Arato
"Clark, will you and Van help me?"John W. Campbell
"Told him I'd call him back."L. Sprague de Camp
"Good work, Light Lass--your sudden reduction of his weight threw the creep off-balance!"Paul Levitz