Oh, um. This is almost an exact phrase from the first text A sent the girls in the Pretty Little Liars books. Um. I have the book in my hand and it's basically the exact same thing....
~Jasmine Bells~
I am nothing but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's or maybe like pocket candy that's just a bit too sweet.
Finals are coming up in my school and we are mandated to take a plagiarism class. You aren't by US law, allowed to do that, regardless whether you live in the US or no. The book was copyrighted and published in the US and you cannot copy the story. It isn't legal. If this was finished and published, you could have been sued by Sara Shepard.
I am nothing but a mouthful of 'sorry's, half-hearted apologies that roll of my tongue, smoothquick, like 'r's or maybe like pocket candy that's just a bit too sweet.
I agree with Jasmine. It would be plagarism to use it as the prologue as your book. However, you can use it as a starting quote on the first couple of pages of your novel. Many authors do - Stephenie Meyer used a Romeo and Juliet quote in New Moon, Paullina Simons a Tenneyson in The Summer Garden. This is allowed, if it is used as a linking quote to your story and it is quoted properly, stating the name of the person who has written it. But you can't use it as your prologue, unless as I've said, you quote it and then add your original text to it.
I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity. Chaucer, A Knight's Tale
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. Oscar Wilde
