A book game :D

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I'm sure you know this game but I haven't seen it on here yet.

Grab the nearest book. Flip to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Type it here.

Mine: "Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons". Only that my book is in Polish and its title is "Lost: Zagubieni i filozofia. Mroczna strona wyspy" - in translation: "Lost and Philosophy: The Dark Side of the Island".

And the sentence is: "Kiedy Kate prosi Edwarda Marsa, by przestał ją ścigać ("I Do"), ten odpowiada: "Wiesz co, jeśli udowodnisz, że potrafisz usiedzieć w jednym miejscu, naprawdę gdzieś osiąść, przestanę cię szukać."

The translation is: "When Kate asks Edward Mars to stop chasing her ("I Do"), he replies, "You know what? If you can prove to me that you're capable of staying in one place, of truly settling down somewhere, I'll stop looking for you."

And your books?

(Oh boy Irulan! This may be fun. Thank you! I grabbed the nearest book. Page 123. Fifth sentence, excluding diagrams and examples.)

The variable "AD" will hold the memory location where the error takes place (once it happens).

- Vision BASIC: User Manual, Software and Manual By Dennis M. Osborn
(It's a language for the Commodore 64)

"Lost: Zagubieni. Znaki życia" which means "Lost: Signs of Life" by Frank Thompson.

Zapewne Hurley powiedział ci również, że dotychczas trzymałem się na uboczu.

And the translation is something along the lines of: “Hurley probably also told you that I’ve kept to myself until now.”

The University of Vienna was transformed into an academic movement to put racial improvement and racial research on the top of the medical agenda.

Even the "deathly drool" of the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, has likely been overstated.

- Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

We have already discussed some of the ways to deal with stress earlier in this chapter.

"If you really loved me," she said, "you'd cut off that boy's head!"

- Scandinavian Ghost Stories, and Other Tales of the Supernatural, edited by Joanne Asala
Tales of the Devil: The Devil's Hide

To kill is obviously the most destructive and corrupt action in life, especially to kill another human being; because when you kill, you are full of hatred, however much you may rationalize it, and you create antagonism in others.

- Life Ahead, by J. Krishnamurti

The main angles and movements of the camera must also be studied.

- Caligari's Cabinet and Other Grand Illusions: A History of Film Design, by Léon Barsacq

(Stand Oil.) When linseed oil is heated to 525-275° F and held at that temperature for a number of hours, an internal change takes place, the physical and mechanical properties of the resulting product, stand oil, are not the same as those of raw oil.

- The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, by Ralph Mayer, 1982 edition