A simple way to get some random text from a file
#!/bin/bash
# get random text from a file
file="file"
IFS=$'\n'
set -- $(<$file)
size=${#@}
randint=$((RANDOM%size+1))
numline=0
while read -r myine
do
(( numline++ )) # or numline=$((numline+1))
case "$numline" in
$randint) echo "$myline";;
esac
done < $file