Set 1

"...Mom said Vern's nephews finally went home."

"...Please. Let me try it for a few weeks..."

"A fortnight ago I saw two hummingbears. They were flying south. I watched them pass right over the riverfront willows and keep going."

"A mom like that couldn't be a murderer."

"America!" M'Baku whisper-shouted as they left the Royal Palce. "Can you believe it?"

"And there you have it, folks: librarian Chelsea, CEO Jackie Jacobson, cowboy Buck, actress Fiona, and Detective Walker. Plus our two kid stragglers, JJ and Penny, all ready for one prize weekend getaway."

"And what do we know about multiplying numbers by zero?" she asked the class during the math period, tapping a yardstick impatiently against the ledge of the chalkboard.

"Are you really bringing one hundred Fluff Monsters?" Diamond asks Harry before morning meeting.

"Barclay Hotel, this is Gregory Clark, the butler."

"Because at exactly midnight, it began to snow."