There was no way he would be brave enough to stand in that creepy dirt road by himself.Philippa Dowding
Myles And The Monster Outside
Taunted by Art Garfunkel's reading list, I decided to keep my own. Then I read Nick Hornby's The Polysyllabic Spree.
There was no way he would be brave enough to stand in that creepy dirt road by himself.Philippa Dowding
A school official has never visited our home.Philippa Dowding
The young woman, who, a moment back, had been behind her (Miriamne?) was dark, frizzy-haired, intelligent looking, and sullen.Samuel R. Delany
We've seen hundreds of photographs of Cindy, but where is she?Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
"The men on my father's side were nomadic adventurers like I am," he said.Jim Sukach
If you become reasonably proficient, being chairman is one of the most entertaining, exhilarating and enjoyable roles at a meeting.Winston Fletcher
Northern races are not sufficiently warm-blooded; their lust for women does not reach the mania that is so common in Africa.Voltaire
Had the spores of the decedents already circulated through the station before the others left?Piers Anthony
You can call room service, order a pizza, whatever!Nick Drnaso
"Arm ye to face the foe,John Brunner
Carib and cannibal,
Men who must live as low
As any animal."
Gettysburg was the most brutal battle of the war, resulting in the deaths of approximately 50,000 soldiers over three days, from 1 to 3 July 1863.Ian Haydn Smith
Cramer could almost taste the outside; for the first time, things were really starting to swing his way; up till now he'd been just scraping by.Isidore Haiblum
Corley closed one eye expressively as an answer.James Joyce
Are you experiencing depression or thoughts of suicide?Nick Drnaso
A brown half head of lettuce, a couple fuzzy gray tomatoes, half a chicken and some bones drying out on a plate, a stick of oleo.John Varley
"Why does she have to go away alone?"Patricia MacLachlan
If they're dirty, you could hazard a guess that they're used for physical labor.Lee Frost
The point I'm trying to make is that, as well as our survey, colonization and enforcement duties, we have experience at sorting out just such sociological tangles as this one, although at the same time I must admit that there is no individual within the Corps with anything like Lonvellin's ability.James White
As they mounted the steps, Jace reached inside his shirt as if from habit, but when he drew his hand out, it was empty.Cassandra Clare
Seeing his gaze go to it, Kantele broke suddenly out of the rigidity that had been holding her, and putting out a hand, pushed the bookcase back into position, closing the entrance.Gordon R. Dickson
We need you now!Kazu Kibuishi
Indeed, the woman looked sick; her face was flushed, her hair straggly and tangled.Piers Anthony
Relieved of his post, Bill was seconded to GCHQ, the government listening centre at Cheltenham, and Eve, previously his deputy, became head of section at P3.Luke Jennings
Each wave covered the chest deeper until it was completely hidden.Scott O'Dell
"... Why can't the Government step forward and say, 'Here! This man you've been spitting on is a hero!'"Kurt Vonnegut
Their peninsula was not exactly isolated, but the Marcuses were their closest neighbours and by the time August was five and Helena was two with no signs of another sibling on the way, he despaired of ever having a playmate.E.K. Johnston
I'll contact them right away.Jeanne DuPrau
You rise to the top of the standings, you beat everybody, and then what?Orson Scott Card
"...the density of the hyperstring structure is such that the gravitational refraction is..."Jeffrey A. Carver
It didn't have a rock amusement park or a rock playground or anything to do except look at rocks and not buy them unless you were Viv Carlson and your mom had given you like a zillion dollars and you could walk around in the same glamorous rock necklaces the teachers wore and make everyone else feel like a loser.Abby Cooper
Ava couldn't help being surprised.Ian Hamilton
I have always thought that a really big problem in America is the inability to accept or seek other points of view, especially at that point in 2004, when there was so much anti-US feeling in the world.Alan Cumming
"Don't look up, you fool; the shields will save your skin, but not your eyes."Hal Clement
We made some trouble back at our village.Natsume Ono
In the end, he left without ever returning home.Natsume Ono
When I saw his face, it just threw me...Natsume Ono
If you'd decided not to join us, fine.Natsume Ono
After racing to the scene, the two constables made the smugglers promise to split any future deals...and let them go.Natsume Ono
Doon's father still had sore muscles from the long walk of the days before, so Doon soon went ahead of him.Jeanne DuPrau
There was nothing especially magic about the meal, except that the cider jug on the table burped a lot, and that might have been because the cider was getting hard.John Bellairs
Auden's poem is more complex, while Williams, in his characteristic style, is sparse, but the interpretations of both poets can help viewers of the original painting see it in a new light.Susan Dalzell
You're teachin' her to fight, an' all she hasta do is bake biscuits and wash a few dishes.Hope Larson
Giving his fingerprints to the French government would invalidate a refugee's UK asylum claim, even if his brother were waiting in Wolverhampton, ready to share a real home.Kate Evans
We had such a terrible reputation now that nobody commissioned our work anymore.Salva Rubio
"You could do an expose: 'Editors Exploit Rookie Reporter'."Sue Macleod
'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'?Jill MacLean
"We can make this the 'summer only' lunch table," she said.R.J. Palacio
I turned away from the window, but other stars leaped at me from the far walls.George R. R. Martin
He had written words for hymns at her request; he had dined with her; his family had received condolences from her; and she had shown great kindness to his mother.Yvonne M. Ward
Every once in a while, someone would glance in our direction, and my heartbeat would quicken.Kate Jarvik Birch
It was very droll, that goat, although in my opinion not as graceful as a pig I once saw with some gypsiesnow there was a dancer.Peter Mayle
That vial in your hand is one example; there are thousands of others.Lawrence M. Schoen