Finish the Quote

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"Don't ever let anyone tell you that…"
-Splintered by A,G, Howard

Adding:
"..the Threls have been concerned with their quest to knit a nice woolly coverlet..."
-Starcross by Philip Reeve

We get:
"Don't ever let anyone tell you that the Threls have been concerned with their quest to knit a nice woolly coverlet."

[Janne Halla]

It is hard to teach an old dog to sit...

The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

New quote:

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that it is hard to teach an old dog to sit.

[Emily Spencer]

Beans have been sent!

Our next quote for November is:

" If she had real power, would she not be able to..."
From: Witch Child by Celia Rees

Adding:

...turn a mouse into a monster

From: Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Ending up with:
"If she had any real power, would she not be able to turn a mouse into a monster?"

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…let go not only of the dead but of the living—to learn to accept?’ — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

Completed Quote:

If she had real power, would she not be able to let go not only of the dead but of the living—to learn to accept?

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

" If she had real power, would she not be able to..."
From: Witch Child by Celia Rees

adding
"...make camp for the night in the forest..."
from The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Ending up with
If she had real power, would she not be able to make camp for the night in the forest?

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"If she had real power, would she not be able to..."
-Witch Child by Celia Rees

Adding:
"...be vulnerable and messy and free and wild"
-Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

We get:
"If she had real power, would she not be able to be vulnerable and messy and free and wild?"

[Janne Halla]

...always come out on top.

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

New quote:

If she had real power, would she not be able to always come out on top?

[Emily Spencer]

Beans have been sent!

Our next prompt for November is:
"And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep..."
From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Adding:

a ball bearing bouncing around the inside of an empty steel drum.

From: Jumping Off the Planet by David Gerrold

Ending with:
"And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep a ball bearing bouncing around the inside of an empty steel drum."

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘La luna hung beautifully bright over the horizon, in a sky still dark.’ — Julie Berry, The Passion of Dolssa

Completed Quote:

And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep la luna hung beautifully bright over the horizon, in a sky still dark.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

"And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep..."
From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

".... plenty of ships, sailing day and night."
from The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

ending with

And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep plenty of ships, sailing day and night.

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep..."
-A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Adding:
"...back and forth between reality and imagination..."
-Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

We get:
"And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep back and forth between reality and imagination."

[Janne Halla]

...a sunny place in a garden, where the light is golden and the grass is soft...

Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

New quote:

And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep a sunny place in a garden, where the light is golden and the grass is soft.

[Emily Spencer]

Beans have been sent!

Our last quote for November is:
"She felt desperate and started searching for..."
From: Futureproof by Stephen Albrecht

Adding:

"...the kitchen door of the castle, seeking shelter from the weather."

From: The Last Pendragon by Sarah Woodbury

Resulting in:
"She felt desperate and started searching for the kitchen door of the castle, seeking shelter from the weather."

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…the power of Christmas Eve. He swears, once midnight chimes, you’ll never leave.’ — J.K. Rowling, The Christmas Pig

Completed Quote:

She felt desperate and started searching for the power of Christmas Eve. He swears, once midnight chimes, you’ll never leave.

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"She felt desperate and started searching for..."
-Futureproof by Stephen Albrecht

Adding:
"...a rat to guide me through a magic maze..."
-Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

We get:
"She felt desperate and started searching for a rat to guide me through a magic maze."

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Beans are on their way!
Our first quote for December is:

Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will…

- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
For instance, if we add:

...make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

- Eragon, Christopher Paolini
We get:

Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

[Janne Halla]

...leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

New quote:

Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

"Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will…"
from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Adding

"make everything worse, make it harder."
from The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Ending up with

Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will make everything worse, make it harder.

[Emily Spencer]

Adding:

explain the theory of evolution that tells me why mermaids live in Neverland and nowhere else.

From: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

New Quote:
“Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will explain the theory of evolution that tells me why mermaids live in Neverland and nowhere else.”

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted.’ — Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

Completed Quote:

Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted.