imprecation
/ˌimprəˈkāSH(ə)n/
noun
- a spoken curse
Two or three more raced away on foot, clutching bags of Colum’s grain, pursued by furious MacKenzies shouting Gaelic imprecations.
– Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
Reading
First Lines Fridays: January 24, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
Everybody has fears, right?
I’m into that.
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Words from Books
punctilio
/ˌpəNG(k)ˈtilēō/
noun
- a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure
With considerable punctilio, he then called for the garrison doctor, and had him certify officially that Jamie was fit enough to be flogged.
– Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
Want to believe in something.
But love the world just the way it is.
– Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road, page 288
Version:
Paperback, 300 pages
Published February 1st 2010 by Penguin Australia
The world is full of glamour, especially when it obscures the suffering of the weak.
– Victor LaValle, The Changeling, page 384
Version:
Kindle Edition, 448 pages
Published June 13th 2017 by Spiegel & Grau
Apollo read Aleister Crowley’s note to the couple.
Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them.
Thinking of you both.
– Victor LaValle, The Changeling, page 22
Version:
Kindle Edition, 448 pages
Published June 13th 2017 by Spiegel & Grau
First Lines Fridays: January 17, 2020
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
The indoor plants were among the first to venture outside and breathe the fresh, cold air of Mitford’s early spring.
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Words from Books
moue
/mo͞o/
noun
- a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste
“Depends on whether Arthur’s dyspeptic this morning, I should reckon. If he’s made a good breakfast, the lad might get off with a whipping. But happen he’s costive or flatulent” — she made a moue of distaste — ” the boy’ll lose an ear or a hand most like.”
– Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
Unsupervised reading is a blessing for a certain kind of child.
– Victor LaValle, The Changeling, page 15
Version:
Kindle Edition, 448 pages
Published June 13th 2017 by Spiegel & Grau
Finally I was passed as a novice knife-wielder, and allowed to sit down to dinner, amid general congratulations — with one exception. Murtagh shook his head dubiously.
“I still say the only good weapon for a woman is poison.”
“Perhaps,” replied Dougal, “but it has its deficiencies in face-to-face combat.”
– Diana Gabaldon, Outlander, page 349
Version:
Mass Market Paperback, Starz Tie-In Edition, 850 pages
Published July 1st 2014 by Dell
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