What's the First Line in the Closest Book?

[whimzgirl]

Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell

 

[Ellesar]

"Hardly resembling a man anymore, the thing on the bed jerked and thrashed like a nocturnal creature dragged into the light of day."

~Germ by Robert Liparulo

 

[AngylBelle]

"Jacques De Molay sought death, but knew salvation would never be offered." ~ The Templar Legacy by: Steve Berry

 

[KentuckyBoy87]

closest book to me

ok

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

I dont think I need to tell you what book that is out of

That's also the book nearest me. After I leave here I'm going to continue to read it.

 

[Ellesar]

"Their eyes locked for only a moment, but in that moment FBI Agent Marcus Santini knew something was terribly wrong."

~The Copper Scroll by Joel C. Rosenberg

 

[knownbeforetime]

In certain stores you will find a section of merchandise available at greatly reduced prices.

John Ortberg, Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them

 

[HannahBanana]

"While the voices of blockbuster movies and pop culture cry out for a life outside the matrix of numb efficiency, Christianity often has offered little to the world, other than the hope that things will be better in Heaven."

Shane Claiborne, The Irresistable Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

 

[PraiseReborn]

Individuals who become involved in a religious cult or radical political group may do things that puzzle and dismay their friends and family.

- Cults: Faith, Healing and coersion
Mark Galanter

 

[revkajewel]

Before she flew to the launch site, Helena Lyakhov always went through the same ritual.
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

 

[Ellesar]

"I dream of the meadows, green-gold 'neath the sun, sweet with the dew of the morn..."

~Return of the Guardian-King by Karen Hancock

 

[Lessien]

High school students in 2002 took some 1.5 million Advanced Placement (AP) examinations for 35 college-level courses.

My AP US History study guide

 

[Chocolatesa]

I'm assuming that doesn't include the foreword or introduction.

a, an: one (when we are not counting) ; Ten shillings a day = ten shillings for each day.

From: An International Reader's Dictionary, Michael West, Longman's, 1967.

Was sitting on my dad's desk beside me, he's a translator.

 

[FireRock]

(Honestly, there are no books in the same room as me. How sad is that?)

 

[Romans55]

The bible says"you are not your own, you were brought with a price".
from Dont waste your life - John Piper

 

[plum]

"I was the freshest of freshmen." Reasons to Believe Scott Hahn

 

[HiredGoon]

"After the unhappy field of Flodden, in which perished King James the Fourth, with the greatest part of the Nobility, James Beaton, with the rest of the Prelates, had the whole regiment (rule) of the Realm." -The History of the Reformation of Religion within the Realm of Scotland, by John Knox.

 

[AFallingStar]

"At the age of 24, I was more prepared for death than I was for life."-A Rumor of War, Philip Caputo

 

[DailyBlessings]

"If this book is to be properly understood, it must be read not as a work on metaphysics, still less as a sort of theological essay, but purely and simply as a scientific treatise." -The Phenomenon of Man, Teilhard de Chardin

 

[jenptcfan]

The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

 

[Ellesar]

"When the rain isn't so much falling--be it in bucket loads or like cats and dogs--but rather slamming into the car like an avalanche of stone, you know it's time to pull over."

~Skin by Ted Dekker