Taken from Jen
1. Take five (random!) books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph
Who that cares so much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Vio muchas noches junto al fuego deseando la compania de una mujer a la cual pudiera besar, una mujer a la que pudiera abrazar, una mujer...como ella. Venus had locked the door, but there were the windows. Y en uno de esos trozos transparentes del muro de piedra yo habia visto a esta muchacha y habia creido ingenuamente que venia por otro tunel paralelo a mio, cuando en realidad pertenecia al acho mundo, al mundo sin limites de los que no viven en tuneles.* Though tested to the utmost both in heaven and on earth, the Pandavas transcended the frailties of their humanity and rose to the heights of their divinity due to His grace alone, thus providing a unique lesson, inspiring the generations to follow in times to come.
*my accents marks/tildes aren't working on this computer right now.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph
Who that cares so much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walking forth one morning hand-in-hand with her smaller brother, to go and seek martyrdom in the country of the Moors? Vio muchas noches junto al fuego deseando la compania de una mujer a la cual pudiera besar, una mujer a la que pudiera abrazar, una mujer...como ella. Venus had locked the door, but there were the windows. Y en uno de esos trozos transparentes del muro de piedra yo habia visto a esta muchacha y habia creido ingenuamente que venia por otro tunel paralelo a mio, cuando en realidad pertenecia al acho mundo, al mundo sin limites de los que no viven en tuneles.* Though tested to the utmost both in heaven and on earth, the Pandavas transcended the frailties of their humanity and rose to the heights of their divinity due to His grace alone, thus providing a unique lesson, inspiring the generations to follow in times to come.
*my accents marks/tildes aren't working on this computer right now.