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In reply to the discussion: Post a line from a book you're reading. [View all]

fadedrose

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21. A FALSE DAWN by Tom Lowe
Reply to mvccd1000 (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:22 PM
Apr 2012

This is a line thought by a tired male cop who was in homicide for 14 years:

"My joints were like spring flowers rigid from an unexpected chill."

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Post a line from a book you're reading. [View all] mvccd1000 Jan 2012 OP
"The end." (It was the best line in the book!) Scuba Jan 2012 #1
But then, what can any man really know - of that which lies within a scion of Amber? Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2012 #2
Loved that series. n/t FSogol Jan 2012 #4
"(E)very built thing has an unmeant purpose." BlueIris Jan 2012 #3
That's thought-provoking. (nt) mvccd1000 Jan 2012 #5
The book is exxxxxcellent. BlueIris Jan 2012 #6
Adrienne met my kids somewhere, apparently.....nt fadedrose Jan 2012 #13
Quote from Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Picoult Chemisse Jan 2012 #7
Quote from The Reversal by Michael Connelly.. Little Star Jan 2012 #8
How did you like that one? mvccd1000 Jan 2012 #9
I like Connelly too... Little Star Jan 2012 #10
From Inferno: World at War, 1939-1945 DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #11
"silenced by humility" North River by Pete Hamill russspeakeasy Jan 2012 #12
"I have always thought it was preferable to think with my brain, rather than with certain amyrose2712 Jan 2012 #14
This is stupid - from DEATH OF A CHARMING MAN fadedrose Jan 2012 #15
From: THE COLD BLUE BLOOD by David Handler fadedrose Apr 2012 #16
Same book....Mitch and Desiree are walking on the beach fadedrose Apr 2012 #17
"If you're going to be murdered, you might as well be drunk." Chelsea Cain "Evil at Heart" Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #18
My friend Nicholas Brady, who in his own mind JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #19
He stood in the mud: long, thin, brown in his doctor's gown of fur, with his black flapped cap ... Jim__ Apr 2012 #20
A FALSE DAWN by Tom Lowe fadedrose Apr 2012 #21
"I'm just saying it's not all sand castles and ninjas" backtoblue May 2012 #22
"Remember that the truth is in the details.... SaveOurDemocracy Jun 2012 #23
So many great lines in that book mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #24
An original King fan who hasn't read him in many years. SaveOurDemocracy Jun 2012 #25
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