Finish the Quote

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will…"
-The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Adding:
"..make music for us to enjoy."
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

We get:
"Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will make music for us to enjoy."

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Beans have been sent!

Our next quote is…

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he…

– The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

For instance, if we add:

was suffering from disappointment and regret, grieving over what was, and wishing for what could never be.

– Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

We get:

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he was suffering from disappointment and regret, grieving over what was, and wishing for what could never be.

[Emily Spencer]

Adding:

...helped himself to a piece of mincemeat pie, which he bit into with great enthusiasm.

From: Cratchit: A Christmas Carol Continues by R. M. Bouknight

Ending up with:
"There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he helped himself to a piece of mincemeat pie, which he bit into with great enthusiasm."

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…didn't say a word. He felt quite trembly. He knew something tremendous had taken place that morning. For a few brief moments he had touched with the very tips of his fingers the edge of a magic world.’ — Roald Dahl, George's Marvellous Medicine

Completed Quote:

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he didn't say a word. He felt quite trembly. He knew something tremendous had taken place that morning. For a few brief moments he had touched with the very tips of his fingers the edge of a magic world.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he…

Adding:
"expected an easy day"
from The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

Ending with

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he expected an easy day.

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he…”
-The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Adding:
"...grew so chill and desolate that all thought and pain and awareness came to a standstill."
-The River Why by David James Duncan

We get:
"There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he grew so chill and desolate that all thought and pain and awareness came to a standstill."

[Janne Halla]

...has made a lot of people very angry...

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

New quote:

There was in this music so much of the deepest enchantment of all his dreams and imaginings that he has made a lot of people very angry.

[Emily Spencer]

Adding...

Every hand he shook, every influential figure he met, was for nothing, and it...

From: The Secret Academy & The Warden's Wrath by Cedric Ennis

Ending up with:
"Every hand he shook, every influential figure he met, was for nothing, and it has made a lot of people very angry."

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Beans are flying out the door.

Here’s our next quote…

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because…”

– Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

For instance, if we add:

the tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

– The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale

It turns into:

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because the tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

[Emily Spencer]

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

From: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ending with:
"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because…"
-Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

Adding:
"Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing."
-Room by Emma Donoghue

We get:
"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing."

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved. Let us then be prepared to seize upon the smallest advantage.’ — Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

Completed Quote:

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved. Let us then be prepared to seize upon the smallest advantage.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

"A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because…”

"The first truth is that you are acquainted with your killer."
from Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

ending up with

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because the first truth is that you are acquainted with your killer.

[Prof. Sky Alton]

Beans are on their way!

Our last quote for the month and for 2025 is…

The year began with…

–A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle

For instance, if we add:

riddles upon riddles.

– The Inheritance Games, Jennifer Lynn Barnes
It becomes:

The year began with riddles upon riddles

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

The year began with…

" ... the world's four greatest heroes, created from the cosmic legends of the universe!"
from Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

ending up with
The year began with the world's four greatest heroes, created from the cosmic legends of the universe!

[Emily Spencer]

Adding:

… his destiny, his path through the Force, already written.

From: Padawan by Kiersten White

Ending with:

“The year began with his destiny, his path through the Force, already written.”

[River Fenwick]

First quote:
"The year began with…"
-A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

Adding:
"...fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take."
-Flawed by Cecelia Ahern

We get:
"The year began with fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take."

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Addition: ‘…revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something.’ — Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander

Completed Quote:

The year began with revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something.

[Janne Halla]

A snowball in the face...

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


New quote:

The year began with a snowball in the face.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

Beans have been sent.

2026 opens up with this as our first quote:

"The world arises when consciousness takes on shapes and forms, thought forms and material forms."
from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

followed by...
It was delicious, just right, sweet and tangy with a hint of heat.
From Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Ending with
The world arises when consciousness takes on shapes and forms, thought forms and material forms; it was delicious, just right, sweet and tangy with a hint of heat.