Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:
A cold, prickly sweat gathered at the base of his neck.  He felt dizzy, and the skylight spun.

From page 22 of Asylum by Madeleine Roux.

They locked eyes; she'd never seen anyone look so afraid. 

From page 8 of Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger.

Karen's:

The result of all this muscular effort, on both the larger scale and the smaller, is that your body burns calories and consumes oxygen at a rate that is unmatched in almost any other human endeavor.  Physiologists, in fact, have calculated that rowing a two-thousand-meter race--the Olympic standard--takes the same physiological toll as playing two basketball games back-to-back. 

From page 40 of The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

To stave off loneliness, the elderly who maintain friendships and make new ones have a distinct advantage.  Many studies have shown that morale increases when an older person spends time with friends, even more so than with family.

 From page 286 of BRAIN--The Complete Mind, How It Develops, How It Works, and How To Keep It Sharp by Michael S. Sweeney.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 
Happy Reading!