Today the world’s urban population grew by close to 200,000 people.
Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson
“The following statements were collected over a period of 18 months, during which time the committee interviewed the employees with a view to gaining insight into how they related to the objects and the rooms in which they were place.”
The Employees, by Olga Ravn. Translated by Martin Aitken
“The Large Hadron Collider is a discovery machine.”
Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything, by Philip Ball
“The Templars were holy soldiers.”
– The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors, by Dan Jones
To clarify, this sentence is not from the author of the book, Philip Ball. It’s a quote from Robert Aymar, the former director of CERN, the European center for particle physics.
“Being nice is like leaving your door wide-open.”
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Ooops. nvm…
^ this
“In early spring, a friend went for a walk in the woods and, glancing down at the path, saw a snail.”
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
“Who’s have thought crazy would turn out to be such valuable cargo?”
Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again.”
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
“The voices babbled.”
The Listeners by James E. Gunn
“With frustration and some regret, she studied murder.” Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
“As the ancient cogwheel train clawed its way up the dizzying incline, Edmond Kirsch surveyed teh jagged mountaintop above him.” Origins by Dan Brown
“On a brisk Saturday afternoon in October, the panic returned.” Rhythms of Renewal by Rebekah Lyons
(Yes, I do love reading multiple books at the same time - it gives me options based on what I’m in the mood to read daily."
"Summer here comes on like a zaftig hippie chick, jazzed on chlorophyll and flinging fistfuls of butterflies to the sun.
Population: 485-- Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, by Michael Perry.
“The Surprise, lying well out in the channel with Gibraltar half a mile away on her starboard quarter, lying at a single anchor with her head to the freshening north-west breeze, piped all hands at four bells in the afternoon watch; and at the cheerful sound her tender Ringle, detached once more on a private errand by Lord Keith, cheered with the utmost good will, while the Surprises turned out with a wonderful readiness, laughing, beaming and thumping one another on the back in spite of a strong promise of rain and a heavy sea running already.”
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O’Brian
“That day Pwyll, Prince of Dyved, who thought he was going out to hunt, was in reality going out to be hunted, and by no beast of man or earth.”
Prince of Annwn, by Evangeline Walton
After dark on the night of July 13, 1944, President Roosevelt and his traveling entourage were driven to an underground rail siding on Fourteenth Street in Washington, where they boarded a private train, the “Presidential Special.”
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, by Ian W Toll
“Some lands are flat and grass-covered, and smile so evenly up at the sun that they seem forever youthful, untouched by man or time.”
The Immense Journey, by Loren Eiseley
“I’d like to introduce the Thoreau you don’t know, of don’t necessarily know, or know but perhaps never hear people talking about when people talk about Thoreau.”
-The Thoreau You Don’t Know by Robert Sullivan
“Francesca Bassington sat in the drawing room of her house in the Blue Street, W., regaling herself and her estimable brother Henry with China tea and small cress sandwiches.”
The Unbearable Bassington by Saki.