What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

wanderingone · Sep 29, 2006

I learned to breathe this way when I left that body made of ashes, river water, copal and huisache flowers.
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Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
John Phillip Santos

ZiSunka · Sep 29, 2006

That was the end of it for Edith.

It's All a Lie by Jenna Booker

Ellesar · Sep 30, 2006

"The first time Jude Allman died, he was eight years old."

Waking Lazarus by T.L. Hines

MrJim · Sep 30, 2006

"It's what always happens to the saints and prophets who are dangerous: we bronze them, we drain them of their pasion and life and trap them in stained-glass windows and icons, confining them safely in memories of the past."

The Irresistible Revolution Shane Claiborne

ZiSunka · Sep 30, 2006

menno said:
"It's what always happens to the saints and prophets who are dangerous: we bronze them, we drain them of their pasion and life and trap them in stained-glass windows and icons, confining them safely in memories of the past."

The Irresistible Revolution Shane Claiborne

Have you ever read The Cost of Discipleship by D. Bonhoeffer? "When Christ calls a man, he calls him to come and die."

Abiel · Sep 30, 2006

All this happened, more or less.

Slaughterhouse-5
Kurt Vonnegut

wanderingone · Sep 30, 2006

"From the beginning I believed whatever I was told, downright lies even, about how best to behave, although I had my own inclinations."

Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta

MrJim · Sep 30, 2006

WalkInHisFootsteps said:
Have you ever read The Cost of Discipleship by D. Bonhoeffer? "When Christ calls a man, he calls him to come and die."

Only bits & pieces-it's on the shelf...maybe ought to check it out again for the first time

dinkime · Sep 30, 2006

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"

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Bible, NIV, God

MrJim · Oct 1, 2006

dinkime said:
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"

_______________________

Bible, NIV, God

I've heard that's a good read

Konnie · Oct 2, 2006

The event that came to be known as The Pulse began at 3:03 P. M., eastern standard time, on the afternoon of October 1.

Cell by Stephen King

kiwimac · Oct 2, 2006

Nothing moved but the wind and only a few last, lingering drops of rain, only a blowing of water off the ruined wall. The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour

Konnie · Oct 4, 2006

"I see . . ." said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

KellyLeigh · Oct 4, 2006

"Naomi, come! schnell - quickly!"

The Storekeeper's Daughter - Wanda E. Brunstetter

Konnie · Oct 5, 2006

Even before the events in the supermarket, Jim Ironheart should have known trouble was coming.

Cold Fire by Dean Koontz

GrinningDwarf · Oct 5, 2006

My father was a Chrisitan who believed in prayer but I knew and understood little of his praying until after my own conversion at the age of seventeen. (From the introduction)

Following as it did so closely upon the Refromation it is not surprising that the Puritan movement in England believed so firmly in revivals of religion as the great means by which the Church advances in the world. (From Chapter One)

The Puritan Hope: Revivals and the Interpretation of Prophecy by Iain H. Murray

QuoVadisNation · Oct 5, 2006

Hitherto men have constantly made up for themselves false conceptions about themselves, about what they are and what they ought to be. - The German Ideology (abbriged), by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

heh. It was this or Bellemy.

Morghaine · Oct 6, 2006

Fire girdles the wicker bars of the cage, wind-whipped ribbons of crimson and coquelicot twining in a woman's hair.

The Merlin of St. Gilles' Well by Ann Chamberlin (Book one of the Joan of Arc Tapestries)

Ellesar · Oct 7, 2006

"I see darkness. I'm lying spread-eagle on my back, ankles and wrists tied tightly to the bedposts so that I can't pull free." ~Saint by Ted Dekker

(ok...so that was technically the first 2 lines of the book. lol)

soblessed53 · Oct 7, 2006

The Questions.Some years ago,I began searching the journals and diaries of early western explorers,mountain men,and other pioneers for certain wildlife information(I'm a wildlife biologist by profession). In the process,I noticed that many of these trailblazers not only favored mules as pack and draft animals,but were also commonly riding mules.
The Mule Alternative:The Saddle Mule in the American West by Mike Stamm

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It means 'yellow dog'

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