2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #funfact By 1780 French women were said to use 2 million pots of rouge a year.

#sentenceoftheday #booksky #amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #biography "Marie Antoinette could reach for nothing herself; the handing over of a garment . . . for her to put on was a jealously guarded privilege."

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#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #womenwriters #booksky #sentenceoftheday About King Ferdinand: "Although an ugly prince, he is not absolutely repulsive . . . at least he does not stink."

#amreading #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #sentenceoftheday It was true that it was easier to make love to a pretty woman than a plain one, but that was about the measure of the difference.

#booksky #sentenceoftheday #amreading #nataliehaynes #retellinggreekmythology #nofriendtothishouse And so the city had Pelias for its king: a fractious man who saw his own ambitions concealed behind the eyes of every other man.

2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreading #thursdaymurderclub #theimpossiblefortune #richardosman People tell you not to make assumptions, but they often save a lot of time.

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What happens underwater stays underwater, that's Ron's credo.

#amreading #favoritemysteryseries #booksky #theimpossiblefortune #thursdaymurderclub #wryhumor #richardosman #sentenceoftheday If you're ever in a room full of men with guns and someone wants to give you their number, it's better to say "Go ahead" than "Shoot."

2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreading #mysteryseries #favoritemystery #thursdaymurderclub #theimpossiblefortune #richardosman #booksky : This is why it's always best to bring Ibrahim.

#sentenceoftheday #amreading #favoritemysteries #richardosman #theimpossiblefortune #thursdaymurderclub #booksky "My God, the older we all get, the more like children we are."

2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreading #richardosman #thursdaymurderclub #booksky #favoritemysteries #theimpossiblefortune And, quite apart from anything, Paul owns five percent of the company, and has never thought to ask what that might be worth.

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"If it was me, I'd kidnap and torture him."

2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreadingmystery #theimpossiblefortune #thursdaymurderclub #favoritemysteryseries In his front room were no piranha tanks, no flashing monitors and no lightly smoking test tubes.

#amreading #thursdaymurderclub #theimpossiblefortune #booksky #sentenceoftheday: The Ritchies are a family who refuse to grass, whatever the problem.

#amreading #theimpossiblefortune #booksky #sentenceoftheday #thursdaymurderclub Perhaps he was waiting in his office, heard noises on the roof and, spooked, ran for safety?

#amreadingmystery #thursdaymurderclub #theimpossiblefortune #booksky #sentenceoftheday "Nonsense," says Elizabeth, ready to launch into a lecture about self-reliance.

#amreadingThursdayMurderClub Book 5: #theimpossiblefortune #booksky #sentenceoftheday Joyce: "If we have different ideas about gluten, we're going to have different ideas about most things."

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"The night was peaceful and calm, but in a world of tooth and claw, desperate struggles were occurring all around him. Even the least of these creatures died in earnest, and the angel whispered words of comfort."

#sentenceoftheday #senlinyu #booksky #stillreadingfantasy #alchemised "Did you bring anything else?" she asked teasingly when she made him sit down on the edge of the bed and found an obsidian gimlet knife hidden in his shoe.

#stillreadingfantasy #alchemised #booksky #sentenceoftheday Kill me now. No, that's not the sentence of the day. I'm saying THIS sentence killed me: p. 809, Helena to Luc: "I'm sorry I'm so late."

#booksky #senlinyu #amreadingfantasy #alchemised #favoriteread so far 2026, and that's saying a lot, since I just read Ninth House and Hell Bent. #sentenceoftheday "They turned a corner and found an immense grey-skinned necrothrall standing in front of the door."

A #sentenceoftheday! #stillreadingfantasy #alchemised #booksky #senlinyu #womenwritersoffantasy Helena had the most blistering hangover the next morning & lay in bed, so nauseous she didn't even feel guilty for sleeping in until someone was sent to remind her that she was due to perform an autopsy.

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Another #sentenceoftheday #amreadingfantasy #alchemised #senlinyu #booksky #womenfantasywriters "Prior to the pressure exerted by the Principate, the Faith regarded women as categorically lesser, and even after the official distancing occurred, the belief remained pervasive."

#booksky #amreadingfantasy #alchemised #senlinyu #sentenceoftheday The reborn son was a pale golden disc, too feeble for much warmth but a comfort to see.

#amreadingfantasy #alchemised #senlinyu #booksky #sentenceoftheday #womenwriters The Sacred Faith held that resonance was a gift, intended by Sol, godhead of the elemental Quintessence, to elevate humanity.

#stillreading #johnmcphee #essaycollection #tabularasa #booksky #sentenceoftheday #sportswriting #recommendedreading "Their own time-outs accumulate like driftwood in an eddy, and the eddy becomes the finish, the climax of a close game."

#sentenceoftheday #johnmcphee #amreadingnonfiction #booksky "I learned 2 pronounce Suisun 'Sue Soon' & Mokelumne 'McCollum Me' & -- from Dale Sweetnam of CA Fish & Game -- that 4 salmon runs @ yr were going thru the delta . . . all chinook, the king salmon, largest of the 5 North American species."