Friday Fun - The Friday 56 and First Lines for July 30, 2021

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Weren't these jewels a puny price to pay for my sacrifice? First, my acting career, and now, my family's heritage? Never mind that my own connection to my family's religion was tenuous; it was a momentous surrender.

~From page 56 of The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your e-reader.

*Find a snippet, short and sweet.

*Post it, and share in the Linky.

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It is ironic that the author of a bestselling blank book should choose for his next subject language itself. But irony lies at the heart of political correctness. To call something "politically correct" is to acknowledge that it is not correct, at least by the standard of reality.

~From the Preface to Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds by Michael Knowles

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by Rose City Reader.

*It's Book Beginnings on Fridays! Time to gather with our fellow book lovers and share the opening sentence (or so) of the books we are reading this week. Or share from a book that is on your mind right now -- whatever catches your fancy.

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LONDON: FEBRUARY 1897

 

I stacked the three piles of paper side by side on the desk, their edges straight as if I had lined them up with a ruler. Taking a new page and dipping my pen in the inkwell, I started a third copy of the contract. Father always said a solicitor must keep three copies of everything.

~From The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood

First Line Fridays is hosted at Hoarding Books

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