That page/sentence meme again
Jan. 16th, 2009 09:08 amI really shouldn't do these, because by definition, when I'm at the computer I'm at the desk, where the range of books is - well, limited. It'll always be work, my own or someone else's.
Still:
Grab the book nearest you. Right now. Turn to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post that sentence along with these instructions in your LiveJournal. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
And then she was gone, suddenly and unacceptably: she who had been both his shadow and his shelter for all these many weeks, the sharp heart of this new life he was building, steel to his stone.
—Daniel Fox, Jade Man's Skin (manuscript)
Still:
Grab the book nearest you. Right now. Turn to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post that sentence along with these instructions in your LiveJournal. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
And then she was gone, suddenly and unacceptably: she who had been both his shadow and his shelter for all these many weeks, the sharp heart of this new life he was building, steel to his stone.
—Daniel Fox, Jade Man's Skin (manuscript)