[MMAfan007]

Just for shits and giggles please post the paragraph. If you are not reading a book right now just post from your favorite book.

[ventrue]

"Very kind of you, Russell, very kind. We've had our share of mistakes, though. We didn't get Iraqi WMD right either, although we did call the insurgency and the civil war. And Washington isn't always off the mark. Occasionally, INR, the State Department's little intelligence analysis branch, is spot-on. Little, that's the common theme. In the analysis business, smaller is better. Fewer people, higher quality."

[no_said_date]

"Check for a small bump or blister at the bite or scratch site, a low-grade fever, and swelling of the lymph nodes closest to the injury location. (An injury to the arm will cause the lymph nodes under the armpit to swell and become tender). In most cases, symptoms will disappear without treatment in a few weeks---though lymph nodes may remain tender for months. See a doctor if you suspect cat scratch disease (caused by the Bartonella benselae bacterium), as antibiotics are sometimes necessary."

[Jin-Roh]

"In an inhabited room there are refracting objects only half noticed: varnished wood, more or less polished brass, silver and ivory, and beyond these a thousand conveyers of light and shadow so mild that one scarcely thinksof them as that, the tops of picture-frames, the edges of pencils or ash-trays, of crystal or china ornaments; the totality of this refraction-- appealing to equally subtle reflexes of the vision as well as to those associational fragments in the subconscious that we seem to hang on to, as a glassfitter keeps the irregularly shaped pieces that may do some time--this fact might account for what Rosemary afterward mystically described as "realizing" that there was some on in the room, before she could determine it.

But when she did realize it she turned swift in a sort of ballet step and saw that a dead Negro was stretched upon her bed." Tender is the Night pg 109

[MMAfan007]

That is good stuff. Please add the book name to quotes so we know what you are reading.

[RichardFromBTBS]

"Pitchers perform no differently in high-pressure situations than they do otherwise. It is advisable to give the role of closer to your best overall reliever, not necessarily the pitcher with a history of clutch performance."

[Cow Pie]

Like Umar bin al-khattab, Saladin allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem, the initial members of the newly revived Jewish community came from Ashkelon in 1190. they were followed by new Jewish immigrants from North Africa and as far away as France and Enlgand. Eventually, right after the Third Crusade, Latin Christians would be permitted to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Saladin concluded an agreement in 1192 with the leader of the Third Crusade, Richard the Lion Hearted, king of England, which allowed the return of Western pilgrims to Jerusalem.

The Fight for Jerusalem..Dore Gold

Interesting that I'm on page 112.

[fullmetalgunner]

Interesting thread. Why pg 109? Im reading two books right now

"Neither of the boys had read the book of Sir John de Mandeville, so they did not know that a griffin was eight times larger than a lion. Now, looking to the left in the silent gloom of night, they saw cut out against the sky and against the stars something which they never would have believed possible. It was a young male griffin in its first plumage."
The Once and Future King

"Sleep paralysis is not only nothing to be frightened of, it can be something to be sought after and cultivated. Whenever you experience sleep paralysis you are on the threshold of REM sleep. You have, as it were, one foot in the dream state and one in the waking state. Just step over and you're in the world of lucid dreams. In the following exrecises we present several techniqes for taking that step"
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

[piedra]

Mes parents perdirent la raison. Après trois années d'incarcération maoïste, les exubérances capitalistes les affectèrent dangereusement. La fièvre qui les prit nes les lâcha plus un instant.

Amélie Nothomb Biographie de la faim

[In Transit]

"Susan reined up on Zanzibar about twenty feet from where I stood. Neither Susan nor I spoke, but the stupid horse snorted, and the snort sounded contemptuous, which set me off, illogical as that may seem."

Nelson Demille - The Gold Coast