“I had seen a herd of Buffalo, one hundred and twenty-nine of them, come out of the morning mist under a copper sky, one by one, as if the dark and massive, iron-like animals with the mighty horizontally swung horns were not approaching, but were being created before my eyes and sent out as they were finished.” IfsEyeDarkAnimalMorningSkyHundredTwentiesFinishedNineIronMassiveHornsMistHerdsBuffaloCopperMorning Mist Book:Out of Africa Source: Out of Africa
“At the 2012 Olympic Trials, I wanted to make a second Olympic team. I fell face first, and in a blink of an eye, my dreams of competing in a second Olympics were over. Even so, I got up, finished my routine, and saw twenty thousand people cheering. It was my first standing ovation.” PeopleFirstsDreamEyeWantedFacesSawsTeamThousandStandingTwentiesFinishedTrialsRoutineCheerOlympicsCompetingBlinkBlink Of An EyeOvation Author:Nastia Liukin
“The dancers finished thier set, and one immediately strolled over to our table and straddled Ranger. Want a private party?" she asked. Not tonight," Ranger said. He handed her a twenty, and she left. What about the cat-feeding theory?" I asked him. Out the window.” WantSaidLeftPartyTheoryCatWindowTwentiesTablesFinishedDancerTonightFeedingRangers Book:Lean Mean Thirteen Source: Lean Mean Thirteen
“But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So..." "... you're just going to jump their fence and their pool," I finished for her. Silence. Then Jamie said, "It's twenty-five degrees! In December! Do you know what this means?" "The apocalypse?” KnowsMeanSaidSilenceFiveSawsDegreesTwentiesFinishedDo You KnowPoolApocalypseFenceDecemberTwenty FiveJamieBlake Author:Sarah Dessen
“There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever." Octavian read the scroll. "This says, 'Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die'." "Yes," Mars said. "Is that not clear?" "Well, my lord...usually prophecies are unclear. They're wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and..." Mars casually popped another grenade off his belt. "Yes?" "The prophecy is clear!" Octavian announced. "A quest!” WritingWellsSaidBookDiesLordClearTwentiesAddFinishedFourthQuestsMarsProphecyRhymeBeltsJuneAlaskaRiddleGrenadeUnclearThanatosEngraveOctavian Author:Rick Riordan
“They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived for thirteen years in hibernation. They were no longer travellers without baggage. They were no longer twenty. They'd both been around the block a bit and had suffered without the other. They'd both lost their way without the other. Each had tried to find love with other people. But all that was now finished.” PeopleWayLoveYearsLostBitsReadyTwentiesFinishedBlockSurvivedScratchesFinding LoveTravellerThirteenBaggageHibernation Author:Guillaume Musso
“Gansey had no idea how old Blue was. He knew she'd just finished eleventh grade. Maybe she was sixteen. Maybe she was eighteen. Maybe she was twenty-two and just very short and remedial.” TwoIdeasTwentiesBlueFinishedNo IdeaGradesEighteenSixteenGanseyTwenty Two Book:The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2) Source: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)