Quick Quotes Round Two

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A hero's catchphrase

From Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch by Neil Gaiman
"I said, that one went down like a lead balloon," said the serpent.
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Love is the only prayer I know.
From The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.
--- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
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Our next prompt is....

An Error Message on a Computer

For example...
And so - sooner or later - disaster.
- Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie
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“Oops.”
--- Royal Decree by Mark A. Cooper
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An Error Message on a Computer

from The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
"Nay, I never did that!"
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There’s just a sense of defeat. This is it.
From This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
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Our next prompt just so happens to be...

A town slogan

For Example:
Yeh’d be mad ter try an’ rob it
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling.
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A town slogan

From Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
A far cry, certainly, from North London.
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Get out of town and never look back.
From When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
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Whoever you are now, you are home.
--- Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink
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The month has just flown by!

Our final prompt for november is:
Part of a royal proclamation

For Example:
If students persist in taking baths after 11 PM. the bathrooms will be locked at 10:30 PM. Some consideration for others is necessary in community life.
- Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Part of a royal proclamation

from The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
"Let us talk of other things."
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We are skipping Friday this week, but we’ll make up for it by having Double Friday next week. Mark your schedules.
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Your rebellion against the Time Queen, her highness Justina Reina, will not go unpunished.
From Saving Time by Jodi Taylor
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Part of a royal proclamation
No supposition should be treated as axiomatic.
From The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
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Our first prompt for December is:

Strange first words for a child

For example:
I, however, was perfectly aware of my beauty.
From The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
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Strange first words for a child

From A Study in Sable by Mercedes Lackey
"I think it might be a Fomorian!"
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Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi stimul ac nummos contemplar in arca.
--- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Beans have been sent!

Our next prompt for December is:

A phrase you could see on a t-shirt:

For example:
I'm my own girl, thank you very much.
From Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
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