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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that..."

"...it's always in the back of a woman's mind that there is something wrong with her." - RL Caulder, Devastation

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that it's always in the back of a woman's mind that there is something wrong with her."

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that ...

Adding:

we all yearn for friendship - Dreamer by Melanie Bateman

Final:

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that we all yearn for friendship

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2024 continues with ....
"Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, ..."
from Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Followed by -
" ...powered by nuclear generators that fed electricity into metal floors and highways."
From Whoniverse -- An Unofficial Planet-by-planet Guide to the Universe of the Doctor, from Gallifrey to Skaro by Lance Parkin

Ending with
Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, powered by nuclear generators that fed electricity into metal floors and highways.

"Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, ..."

Adding:
"...and the fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet."
From: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Finishing with:
"Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, and the fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet."

"Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, ..."

"...one step blurred into the next and the next until she wasn't even sure how much time had passed, only that it felt like forever and the silent treatment was quickly starting to wear thin." - Marie Hall, Her Mad Hatter

"Then he tied the rope to a tree and they set off, one step blurred into the next and the next until she wasn't even sure how much time had passed, only that it felt like forever and the silent treatment was quickly starting to wear thin."

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January 2024 continues with ....
"Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding ..."
from Into the Out Of by Alan Dean Foster

Followed by -
" a poultice of honey and herbs."
From Herbal Medic - A Green Beret's Guide to Emergency Medical Preparedness and Natural First Aid by Sam Coffman

Ending with
Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding a poultice of honey and herbs.

"Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding..."

"...a collared slave behind him." - Jessica Grayson, Claimed

"Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding a collared slave behind him."

“ Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding..."

Adding:
“… a heart filled with the dust of a thousand library stacks .”
From: Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Ending with:
“ Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding a heart filled with the dust of a thousand library stacks.”

New Quote: “…the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” — Veronica Roth, Divergent

Completed Quote:

Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

“ Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding..."


Finishing with: “A violet.”
From Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Ending up with: “ Someone else was standing next to him, then, holding a violet."

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Our last January 2024 offering is ....

"Well, this is all very fascinating, but ...."
from Cyber Way by Alan Dean Foster

Followed by -
"having the greenhouse maintain a southern exposure is ideal."
From No Grid Survival Projects - How to Produce Everything You Need on Your Property by Michael Major, Amber Robinson, Claude Davis and James Walton

Ending with
Well, this is all very fascinating, but having the greenhouse maintain a southern exposure is ideal.

Starting with:
"Well, this is all very fascinating, but ...."

Adding:
“ there had been increasing distance between you and me--there always is between people who have been friends from a young age as each grows into her own self.”
From: The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater by Erin Bartels

Ending with:
"Well, this is all very fascinating, but there had been increasing distance between you and me--there always is between people who have been friends from a young age as each grows into her own self.”

"Well, this is all very fascinating, but..."

“Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.” - Carolyn Keene, The Message in the Hollow Oak

"Well, this is all very fascinating, but Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another."

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Our first February quote is:
"What no one tells the young is to be careful of..."
From: Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Adding:
"...the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine."
From: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ending with:
"What no one tells the young is to be careful of the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine."

"What no one tells the young is to be careful of..."

"... a thousand mile journey begins where one stands."
Dao De Jing ascribed to Laozi
(Yes, I've seen different translations of that phrase ...)

What no one tells the young to be care of - a thousand mile journey begins where one stands.

"What no one tells the young is to be careful of..."

"...an alien with red skin and large, sweeping black horns that curl back from his head, giving him the appearance of a demon." - Jessica Grayson, Rescued (Settlers of the Outer Rim)

"What no one tells the young is to be careful of an alien with red skin and large, sweeping black horns that curl back from his head, giving him the appearance of a demon."

"What no one tells the young is to be careful of..."

"holding a book but reading the empty spaces." - From Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

"What no one tells the young is to be careful of holding a book but reading the empty spaces."

New Quote: “…the human exaggeration for sorrow—a broken heart.” — Stephenie Meyer, The Host

Completed Quote:

What no one tells the young is to be careful of the human exaggeration for sorrow—a broken heart.

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**I apologize for the lateness of this round; r/l being pesky again!**

Our next quote for February is:
"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you...."
From Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Adding:
“as a machine without feelings"
From: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Ending with:
"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as a machine without feelings"

New Quote: “…fill up the glasses as quick as you can, And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran: Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea— And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

Completed Quote:

You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you fill up the glasses as quick as you can, And sprinkle the table with buttons and bran: Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea— And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!