#OpeningSentence

There was a fly walking on Cordelia’s hand and she was not allowed to flick it away.

— A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

So. I’m not in an ideal situation right now.

— Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

The sea breezes keened of death in Lunurin’s ears, a cacophony of voices urging her to act.

— Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)

The world roared.

— Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Perhaps he’ll die this time.

— The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

I want to feel everything, the light, the noise, the dark, even the cold and fear.

— Dual Memory by Sue Burke

We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other.

— Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad

The other day, we’re standing in the repository; it’s evening already, nothing left to do but dump the lab suits, then I can head down to the Borscht for my daily dose of booze.

— Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

The trick is remembering that it’s all a game.

— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman

By all accounts, I should be scared.

— The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Sui

The protesters outside are getting louder.

— Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes

He didn't like beating people.

— Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

I am not on this beach.

— Before Mars by Emma Newman (Planetfall, #3)

It's times like these, when I’m hunkered in a doorway, waiting for a food market of dubious legality to be set up, that I find myself wishing I could eat like everyone else.

— After Atlas by Emma Newman (Planetfall, #2)

Every time I come down here I think about my mother.

— Planetfall by Emma Newman