Finish the Quote - Take Two

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Scarlet Robloutain
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Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two

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Finishing: "The stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn’t need any help."
from The Dinner by Herman Koch

New quote: My first meal aboard I heard "the stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn’t need any help.".
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Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two

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New Quote: “Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society.” — Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Completed Quote:
My first meal aboard I heard gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society.
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New Quote
“Look, if you don't make a fool of yourself over animals, at least in private, you aren't to be trusted.”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead


Completed Quote
"My first meal aboard I heard “Look, if you don't make a fool of yourself over animals, at least in private, you aren't to be trusted.”
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“Rich man, poor man, come away. Come to dance the Macabray.”
From The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

New Quote:

My first meal aboard I heard, “ Rich man, poor man, come away. Come to dance the Macabray.”
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Beans have been sent to Scarlet and Sindor and Amy and Emily B)

Our next October prompt is:

"No doubt you have your own problems -- but"
from The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz

Finishing the quote:
"I wanted someone who would be mentally flexible."
from Mister Monday by Garth Nix

Ending up with

No doubt you have your own problems--but I wanted someone who would be mentally flexible.
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"Just as we group the stars above, we organize the light within, making sense of chaos."
from The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

New quote:
"No doubt you have your own problems -- but just as we group the stars above, we organize the light within, making sense of chaos."
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“There is no sorrow like the memory of love and the knowledge that it is gone forever”
From the Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

New Quote:
"No doubt you have your own problems -- but there is no sorrow like the memory of love and the knowledge that it is gone forever”
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Finishing: “Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
From Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

New quote: "No doubt you have your own problems -- but tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."
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New Quote: “Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy." — Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Completed Quote:
No doubt you have your own problems -- but whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.
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Beans have been sent to Aletheia, Emily, Scarlet and Sindor. :D

October prompts continue with:

"It is vitally important that"
from The Royal Horse of Europe - The Story of the Andalusian and Lusitano by Sylvia Loch

Finishing the quote:
"you have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you."
from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Ending up with

It is vitally important that you have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.
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Lies are not rooted in the mind in the way truth is.”
From Witch Child by Celia Rees

New Quote:
“It is vitally important that lies are not rooted in the mind the way truth is”
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Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two

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Finishing: “I'm not the hero, Mac.”
From Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

New quote: "It is vitally important that I'm not the hero, Mac."
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New Quote: “…she let the moment of crisis infuse her with strength she hadn't known she possessed." — Julie Berry, The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

Completed Quote:
It is vitally important that she let the moment of crisis infuse her with strength she hadn't known she possessed.
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Beans have been sent to Emily, Scarlet and Sindor. ^_^

Our last prompt for October is:

"The Court must demand of you"
from Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein

Finishing the quote:
"a hat of some kind"
from Mister Monday by Garth Nix

Ending up with

The Court must demand of you a hat of some kind.
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Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two

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Finishing: “your heart, Scar”
From Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

New quote: "The Court must demand of you your heart, Scar"
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“ that you are mine, Elizabeth Lavenza, and nothing will take you from me not even death.”
From The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White


New Quote:
“The Court must demand of you that you are mine, Elizabeth Lavenza, and nothing will take you from me, not even death.”
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Beans have been sent :)

Our first prompt for November is:

"In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld"
From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Finishing the quote:
"a tree that's blooming with white stars"
From Vox by Christina Dalcher

Ending with:
"In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld a tree that's blooming with white stars"
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Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two

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"In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld"

"a disassembled Sheem robot."
from The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz

Ending with
In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld a disassembled Sheem robot.
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New Quote: “…the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe…" — C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Completed Quote:
In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe.
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Beans have been sent!

Our next prompt for November is:

”The key is to never let someone else tell you..”
From: The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner

Finishing the quote:
“ that your value lies in being merely decorative,”
From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Ending with:
“The key is to never let someone else tell you that your value lies in being merely decorative”
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