odds and ends

So, here's the Ending Lines meme answers:

1. But they never learned what it was that Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which had to do, for there was a gust of wind, and they were gone.
   A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle. Guessed by dragonduerme, klostes, notpoetry, umbo, stephantom, mynuet, and snarkhunter.
   
   
2. And it is there that they see the riselka, three men see a riselka, sitting on a rock beside the sunlit path, her long sea-green hair blowing back in the freshening breeze.
   Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay. Guess by nobody.
   
   
3. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.
   Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. Guessed by nobody.
   
   
4. "This time, darling, we'll forgive you," Rosalind told her. "It is."
   The Chrysalids, John Wyndham. Guessed by daf9.
   
   
5. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.
   A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking. Guessed by nobody. I once heard it called one of the most widely bought, and least read, books in the history of publishing ;)
   
   
6. There's a rumour going around that the beautiful girl arriving today might be the queen they've been waiting for.
   The Bridge To Terabithia. Guessed by nobody.
   
   
7. He loved Big Brother.
   1984, George Orwell. Guessed by dragonduerme, bast2, leaper182, notpoetry, umbo, mynuet, and snarkhunter.
   
   
8. And by his side with his head up in the air and his eyes full of laughter walked as strongly and steadily as any boy in Yorkshire - Master Colin!
   The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett. Guessed by klostes, notpoetry, and mynuet.
   
   
9. What I have been trying so hard to tell you all along is simply that my father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had.
   Danny, Champion of the World, Roald Dahl. Guessed by snarkhunter.
   
   
10. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt. Amen.
    The Color Purple, Alice Walker. Guessed by nobody.
    
    
11. "Well, I'm back," he said.
    Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien. Guessed by snarkhunter and klostes.
    
    
12. "But we, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives."
    Dune, Frank Herbert. Guessed by klostes, umbo, and stephantom.
    
    
13. "Anything to eat?" cried Charlie, laughing. "Oh you just wait and see!"
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl. Guessed by klostes, shiningmoon, and mynuet.
    
    
14. scar.
    Book 7, J.R.R. Rowling. Guessed by leaper182, notpoetry, and snarkhunter.

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Hm... lots of interesting points made about the article that I pointed to last night, about its anti-Christian bent and its general snidely mocking attitude. I can't say my mind has been changed and I now disagree with the article, but I will say that the comments have given me food for thought and I appreciate that a great deal.

( Munching on thought-food )