Quick Quotes

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This week's prompt is:
Choices made

from Proof by Dick Francis

Beach's conspicuous intelligence would take him far if only he would stir himself to choose a direction.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien:

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

[Aurelia West]

Choices made

From Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee:

Father said he had great plans for us, and I owe it to him to find out what they were.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This weeks prompt is:
Code words passed between secret agents to confirm their identities

from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

"All right. You first."
"Oh, no. You first."
"But you're a demon."
"Yes, but a demon of my word, I should hope."

[Arnora Eleniel]

From The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien:

“Good Morning!"

"What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

"All of them at once."

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

Code words passed between secret agents to confirm their identities

because

From The Princess Bride - S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - The 'good parts' version - Abridged by William Goldman - by William Goldman

"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die."

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This weeks prompt is:
A line you would print on the back cover to sell your book

From Silence Fallen, by Patricia Briggs

This wasn't the first time chocolate got me in trouble.

[Arnora Eleniel]

From Coraline by Neil Gaiman:

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

[Aurelia West]

A line you would print on the back cover to sell your book

From Killing and Dying: Stories by Adrian Tomine:

It took me a minute to put two and two together, and then I burst out laughing. I mean, what else can you do when you're suddenly faced with something so odd?

[Maxim Trevelyan]

This week's prompt is:

Text on a motivational poster

From The Light in the Heart by Roy T. Bennett:

Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

[Sky Alton]

Text on a motivational poster from Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

As Conan the Barbarian famously said, That which does not kill us does not kill us.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

Text on a motivational poster

from Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce

Plainly she would have to take care of this herself. If any gods tried to stop her, they would regret it.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This week's prompt:

Text from a nature guide

from Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There ~ by Lewis Carroll

Beware the Jabberwock

[Aurelia West]

Text from a nature guide

From Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee:

The sweeter the prize, the faster the flies will find it.

[Prof. Amy Lupin]

Text from a nature guide

From Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde:

A six-foot hedgehog in a shawl and bonnet might have caused a few eyebrows to be raised in the neighbourhood — no one wore bonnets in Swindon these days.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This week's prompt:

Lyrics from a song
Note: Your quote should still come from a book. It can be an actual song or something which could seem like lyrics.

from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the one,
And Voldy’s gone moldy, so now let’s have fun!

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

This week's prompt is:

A sentence in a fortune cookie

From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:

Don't panic.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer:

...think about not getting caught.

[Shiloh Adlar]

From The Art of War by Sun Tzu:

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

[Sky Alton]

To celebrate the end of term, this weeks prompt is...
Advice to Graduating Students

From Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

You could rattle the stars...You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too.