From Bonnie!

[amadon]

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.

"...And I'm not your brother no more and

Comments

[amanda_athena]

"When I looked up through the web of trees, the night fell over me, and for a moment I lost my boundaries, feeling like the sky was my own skin and the moon was my heart beating up there in the dark. Lightning came, not jagged but in soft, golden licks across the sky. I undid the buttons on my shirt and opened it wide, just wanting the night to settle on my skin, and that's how I fell asleep, lying there with my mother's things, with the air making moisture on my chest and the sky puckering with light."

Holy commas, Batman!!! Three sentences was the entire paragraph.

From 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd, which I haven't actually read yet. I know R recommended it though :) It just happened to be right behind my computer.

[pureblackrose]

;_____; I was going to. I picked up the polisci text beside me and almost typed out the words, but I can't bear to bore you all with it. :(

♥

[theotherej]

"Seize him, Scarlett," said Robin. "To it, serfs, and bind him tightly. There is a reckoning due now."

Robin Hood: A Classic Illustrated Edition by E. Charles Vivian

It's... from my Robin Hood course. I don't just keep kid's books around for fun. o.O