I went back to a true classic this week. My favorite saying of all time is in this book. It begins:
"Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest."
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteMy line is from "Women of the Twelfth Century" by Georges Duby. I cheated a little this week and included my first paragraph this time around.
"Beneath the dome of the church at Fontevraud - in the twelfth century, one of the largest and most prestigious abbeys for women in France - one sees today four recumbent statues, the remains of old funerary monuments, Three of them are carved from soft limestone: that of Henry Plantagenet, count of Anjou and Maine through his father, duke of Normandy and king of England through his mother; that of his son and successor, Richard Coeur de Lion; and that of Isabella of Angouleme, second wife of John Lackland, Richard's brother, who became king in his turn in 1199. The fourth effigy, of painted wood, represents Eleanor, heiress to the duchy of Aquitaine, wife of Henry and mother of Richard and John; she died at Fontevraud, where she had finally taken the veil, on 31 March 1204."
I haven't read The Little Prince, but I need to add it to my reading list.
ReplyDeleteAn Uncertain Choice
by Jody Hedlund
And the first line is...
Montfort Castle, Ashby
In the year of our Lord 1390
"My slippered feet slapped the dirt road, and my heart hammered aginst my chest like a battering ram."
Happy reading and Happy Friday!
I found the box in the attic of an old farmhouse in Norway.
ReplyDelete~East by Edith Pattou
A high-pitched shriek echoed down the hall of the wedding chapel.
ReplyDeleteThe Vegas Proposal by Julie Jarnagin
1297 BC
ReplyDeleteNaomi lifted the hem of her robe as her feet fairly flew down Bethlehem's streets toward the outskirts of town.
Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith
My husband likes The Little Prince!
ReplyDeleteMy first line is from The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection:
1170 AD, Ciar's Kingdom, Ireland
The skies were as unsettled as her own future.
1715, Argyllshire, Scotland
"Are ye ready, miss?"
Meg's stomach twisted at Mother Aila's question.
June 1798, New York City
Abigail Van de Klerk opened the door to the house she shared with her father on Pearl Street.
July 6, 1864, Roswell, Georgia
Water roared over the dam behind her, an echo of the blood rushing in her ears.
Late June 1890, Coronado Island, California
Cold water slid across his body, the dip and rise of the swell bringing challenge to his course.
"Scarlet was descending toward the alley behind the Rieux Tavern when her portscreen chimed from the passenger seat, followed by an automated voice: "Comm received for Mademoiselle Scarlet Benoit from the Toulouse Law Enforcement Department of Missing Persons." - From Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - Book 2 in The Lunar Chronicles! Happy Friday!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Lauraine! I don't think I ever made it over here last week to properly welcome you! Welcome to the FLF Gang :)
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