1. Grab the nearest book
2. Open it to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Copy it onto your blog/journal along with these instructions
"She was being carried into the yard, her arms around firm, powerful shoulders."
from The Mammoth Book of Erotica.
This meme courtesy of New and Improved Smoke and Mirrors
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I want to read your book when you're done!
"We were younger in those days, we were fascinated with our work, and we recognized its importance."
A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency, by Richard Helms
Im not anonymous...
"Using a chef's knife, cut away the hard inner core from the cabbage, then cut the leaves crosswise into strips about 12 mm wide."
Williams-Sonoma Mastering Pasta!
"The boardwalk concessions are shuttered except for one counter-and-booth restaurant, the Ferris-wheel seats are hooded with olive green canvas and the powerhouse padlocked, and the rococo doors of the carousel are boarded over and if one peers through a knothole into its gloom the horses which buck and plunge through summer prosperity seem like animals touched by a magic wand that they may never move again."
from "The Fisherman From Chihuahua" by Evan S. Connell in the American Short Story Masterpieces anthology.
I almost used it in an american lit class, but we ran out of time.
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