Quick Quotes

[Prof. Scarlet Leslie-Lewis]

Something unexpected

From Origin by Dan Brown:

The ampersand's unusual design "&" was a typographical fusion of the letters E and T - the ligature still visible today in computer fonts like Trebuchet, whose ampersand clearly echoed its Latin origin.

[Prof. Amy Lupin]

Our last prompt for January is...

The best part of a vacation

From A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan:

an obscure Vystrani ruin

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

The best part of a vacation

From Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton:

He was looking at a dinosaur.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From Inferno by Dan Brown:

It’s called Denial.

[Shadow Gaunt]

From Moby Dick by Herman Melville

...turning over the bottom of the sea for food.

[Prof. Gustavo Flores]

Let's start February quotes with the following prompt!

A bit of an urban legend

From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë:

Terror made me cruel"

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

A bit of an urban legend

From Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

It was Og.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin:

Most have been forgotten.

[Shadow Gaunt]

From Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The great Leviathan that maketh the seas to seethe like boiling pan.

[Prof. Gustavo Flores]

Our next prompt is:

A line from a horoscope

From Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell:

Travel far enough, you meet yourself"

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

A line from a horoscope

From Rogue by Mark Frost

WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF YOUR ROPE, DON'T HANG AROUND.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From City of Bones by Cassandra Clare:

Don't order any of the faerie food.

[Prof. Gustavo Flores]

Our next prompt is:

Part of a superhero's origin story

From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll:

It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

Part of a superhero's origin story

From Ready Player One, by Ernest Clive

After five long years, the Copper Key had finally been found, by an eighteen-year-old kid living in a trailer park on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. That kid was me.

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From The Help by Kathryn Stockett:

Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times.

[Prof. Gustavo Flores]

Let's end February with the following prompt:

A fact of life

From Brida by Paulo Coelho:

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

A fact of life

The Princess Bride - S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - The "Good Parts" Version abridged by William Goldman

As you wish.

[Shadow Gaunt]

From The Odyssey by Homer (I think this is an abridged version)

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man

[Maxim Trevelyan]

From Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne:

Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

[Sky Alton]

To celebrate the Academy Awards last night, this week's prompt is ...
The Award Winning Moment from a Film

From Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

Carnivorous Unicorns