Quick Quotes Round Two

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

“I give up, sweetheart. Just answer the questions and try not to let the audience see how openly you despise them.”

– Suzanne Collins, "The Hunger Games”

[Emily Spencer]

I can’t seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

From Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

The words that bring an end to an argument

From The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version by William Goldman

As you wish.

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

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April starts out with this prompt!

An 'oh oh what's next' moment

From The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Then the tail banged against the front of the Explorer, with a loud metallic clang.
And the tyrannosaur stopped.

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[Emily Spencer]

She holstered her weapon, raising the hem of her skirts and stepping lightly around the dead bodies.

From: Mechanized Masterpieces: a Steampunk Anthology by A.F. Stewart

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.

– Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein”

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great invisible hand. The dull rumble would rise in pitch to a swishing, lashing exultation, causing stalks to lie flat against the ground while the tougher branches of shrubs held themselves up and shrieked their defiance in the gusts.

--- Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

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April continues with .....

Sage advice

From Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

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[Emily Spencer]

You know," someone said off to my left, "I usually find a blocking spell to be a lot more effective than yelling 'Bad dog,' but maybe that's just me.

From Witch Hall by Rachel Hawkins

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Fate is what you make of it. You can make the best of it, or you can let it make the best of you.

– Alice Hoffman, "Magic Lessons”

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

--- Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

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Our next April prompt is --

Lyrics from a song

From The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

"Yet none but one of Hagsgate town
May bring the castle swirling down."

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[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Fifteen birds in five firtrees,
their feathers were fanned in a fiery breeze!
But, funny little birds, they had no wings!
O what shall we do with the funny little things?

– J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit”

[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told.

--- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

[Prof. Tarma Amelia Black]

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The last prompt that we have for April is --

From behind the scenes

From The Making of The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Jody Duncan

Most of what was shot on Stage 27 involved the characters' points of view from inside the trailer as it approaches the cliff's edge, as well as shots of them hanging by ropes after the trailer has fallen and crashed below.

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[Emily Spencer]

So when you see Westley fall to the ground and pass out, that’s not acting. That’s an overzealous actor actually losing consciousness

From: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

[Emily Spencer]

Our first prompt for May is:
A sentence in a fortune cookie:

For example:

Courage does not always roar. Valor does not always shine.

From: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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[Prof. Maxim Trevelyan]

YOUR LUCKY NUMBER IS NONE.

--- American Gods by Neil Gaiman

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Evil can come in many a ‘guise,
And wrong advice confuse the wise.

– Lynne Reid Banks, "The Farthest-Away Mountain”

[Emily Spencer]

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Our next prompt for May is:

A tabloid headline:

For example:

Who could have thought that anyone would love a hideous nutcracker?

From: Drosselmeyer's Dream by Marian H. Rowe

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