Send me “Librarian!” + a number and I’ll grab the closest book, flip to that page number, and make us a starter using a random line of text from said page!
The Norton Anthology of American Literature(Random Page: 763) Story: The Great Lawsuit by Margaret Fuller:
“Next comes a closer tie which takes two forms, either of intellectual companionship or mutual idolatry. The last, we suppose, is to no one a pleasure subject of contemplation. The parties weaken and narrow one another; they lock the gate against all the glories of the universe that they may live in a cell together. To themselves they seem the only wise, to all others steeped in infatuation, the gods smile as they look forward to the crisis of curse, to men the woman seems an unlovely syren, to women the man is an effeminate boy.”
Will spoke as he closed the book, raising his eyes back to Alana. She seemed interested in his words, but it was all a matter of opinion. The way one looks into the social occupations of marriage or relationships was debatable, but Will in ways agreed with Margaret.