47 Points
"April 18, 1906 - Slonim, Poland - She only stopped screaming when she died."
40 Points
"The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in..."
75 Points
41 Points
208 Points
"Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father."
59 Points
"Robert Langdon awoke slowly."
180 Points
"On February 24, 1815, the watchtower at Marseilles signaled the arrival of the three-master Pharaon, coming from Smyrna, Trieste and Naples."
32 Points
"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my Daddy."
255 Points
"An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money."
9 Points
"The late twentieth century has witnessed a scientific gold rush of astonishing proportions: the headlong and furious haste to commercialize genetic engineering."