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Finish the Quote

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A new term brings a new weekly activity! Book Club brings back a variation of Quick Quotes (which itself is based on the game Bring Your Own Book).

This is called Finish the Quote.

We provide the beginning of a sentence, a quote from a book, and you are invited to finish that sentence with a fragment (or complete sentence) from another book. (It may be another book by the same author, but it cannot be from the same book.) The new sentence has to make linguistic sense, if not literal sense.

Our first prompt is:

"As she rode up to take a look, "
A Point of Honor by Dorothy J. Heydt

You might respond with this --

"the man in black retreated, stumbled, got his balance, continued moving away."
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Completed new 'quote' -
As she rode up to take a look, the man in black retreated, stumbled, got his balance, continued moving away.

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We ask that you make all quotes HOL-appropriate and keep this in mind when choosing a book to use (though we understand that it's not always possible to pick one that's entirely g-rated).

Participation in this activity may contribute to your chances of snagging a Book Club award AND you will receive 10 Beans when you respond within the time limit (before the next prompt is posted).

If you have any suggestions for prompts, please send us an email at hol.bookclub @ gmail.com (removing the spaces) with the subject "Finish the Quote Suggestions".

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She had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes.
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett


New quote:

As she rode up to take a look, she had heard it said that, before you could understand anybody, you needed to walk a mile in their shoes.
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Addition: ‘…she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours’— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Completed Quote:
As she rode up to take a look, she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours.
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First quote:
"As she rode up to take a look, "
-A Point of Honor by Dorothy J. Heydt

Adding:
"She looks over her shoulder like she expects someone to appear behind her.”
-Divergent by Veronica Roth

We get:
"As she rode up to take a look, she looks over her shoulder like she expects someone to appear behind her."
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"The dragon's wings shudder, and it lurches back."
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

As she rode up to take a look, the dragon's wings shudder, and it lurches back.
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Beans have been sent! :)


Our next prompt is:

"The crowd was stealing away"
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

finished with this sentence fragment --

"To qualify for preferential status"
The Friesian Horse by Laura Beeman


Completed new 'quote' -
The crowd was stealing away to qualify for preferential status.
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Adding:
to raise the dunes from the earth, and rain death from the sky.
From: We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faisal

New quote:
“The crowd was stealing away to raise the dunes from the earth and rain death from the sky.:
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First quote:
"The crowd was stealing away"
-The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Adding:
"...to the rooftop, then tremored down the other side."
-Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

We get:
"The crowd was stealing away to the rooftop, then tremored down the other side."
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"...to observe the pirate barking orders."
- Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

The crowd was stealing away to observe the pirate barking orders.
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The gray area between yes and no. Silence.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown


New quote:

The crowd was stealing away the gray area between yes and no. Silence.
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Addition: ‘But their strength is the strength of numbers and of stubbornness and persistence; do not underestimate it.’— Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword

Completed Quote:
The crowd was stealing away, but their strength is the strength of numbers and of stubbornness and persistence; do not underestimate it.
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Beans have been sent! :ph34r:

Our next prompt is:

"Whatever form it takes,"
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

finished with this sentence fragment --

"further research is required to fully elucidate the underlying mechanisms and to integrate solar variability into comprehensive climate prediction frameworks."
The Sun, The Earth and The Disaster Cycle by Ben Davidson

Completed new 'quote' -
Whatever form it takes, further research is required to fully elucidate the underlying mechanisms and to integrate solar variability into comprehensive climate prediction frameworks.
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Addition: ‘Without a past you can't have a future.’— Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

Completed Quote:
Whatever form it takes, without a past you can't have a future.
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First quote:
"Whatever form it takes,"
-A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Adding:
"Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it."
-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

We get:
"Whatever form it takes, somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it."
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Adding:
Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.
From: Lord of the Flies by William Golding

New Quote:
"Whatever form it takes, fear can't hurt you any more than a dream."
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"...a lot of people fear Dark Magic."
- The Pact of the Red Claws by Morgan L Booth

Whatever form it takes, a lot of people fear Dark Magic.
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Fear is the mind-killer.
Dune by Frank Herbert


New quote:

Whatever form it takes, fear is the mind-killer.
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Well, by the time the system verified I was human (which actually I don't know if that is actually accurate, does that mean a Muggle?) my post was lost. So you all get to have another set of quotes! ^_^

Beans have been sent. :)

The new prompt is:

"Be careful to pick the ..."
Natural Horse-Man-Ship by Pat Parelli

... silence underneath the sounds."
from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

With this as the new 'quote':
Be careful to pick the silence underneath the sounds.
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Adding:
...hypnotic beauty of a single stalk of golden wheat nodding in the gentle morning breeze
From: Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor

New quote:
"Be careful to pick the hypnotic beauty of a single stalk of golden wheat nodding in the gentle morning breeze."
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"...most important relics of St Nicholas himself."
- Santa's Dragon by CR Stobo

Be careful to pick the most important relics of St Nicholas himself.
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