Easy Rules*:
Take the book you're reading.
Find a quote which answers the question in the post above yours.
Tell us what book you are quoting.
Find another quote from the same book (a question this time) for the next poster to answer.

*Newbies welcome!

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"Only going to cost you twenty-five bucks."

McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Michael Chabon

"So where does that leave us?"

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"Tonight we sleep on soft beds with the lady Bianchini as our host."

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

"And where does that leave the cardinal's courtesan's dwarf?"

"There's nothing to say. It's all gossip."

Blood of Elves by Adrzej Sapkowski

"Have you been taught anything other than making holes with a sword in sacks of straw?"

Crispin smiled a lopsided grin. "Why does everyone ask me that in that same uncivil tone?"

Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson

"Shall we retire to the parlor?"

"Just as long as I don't get my feet wet."

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

"Where is my mother?"

"she sat on a bench in the shade of linden trees."

murder in the Latin quarter by Cara Black

"and what time could i expect a call--that is, when will he return?"

Pino arrived home after midnight and left for the building site just before six.

Love Takes You Home by Julie Capaldo

"How about if I have a word to your ma, and see if I can't change her mind?"

“No,” Rick said, once again closing the panel covering of his electric sheep,

‘Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep’ by Philip K. Dick.

“What’s she pregnant by?

"It was The A-Team"

The Beach by Alex Garland

"You want to smoke a joint?"

"Yes, although coffee would be better if you have it."

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

"Would he care for something to eat?"

"You don't like men with big bellies..."

In the Company of the Courtesan

"Once there is food enough in one's stomach, what else is there to do in life?"

"on the Monday afternoon, i decided i would change my name and move to Mexico."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"Virgil, what book would you suggest for somebody who was told by a tree to get the hell out?"

"You know your aunt will not have Byron's works in the house."

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"My love, you are not turning romantic, are you?"

"She took a deep breath and let her gaze wander out the filthy window. 'For me, this is about science.'"

Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten

"How did you get hold of the dentist so quickly?"

"I am a liar, after all."

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

But this morning he had risked it all -- for what?

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"That is his temperament. His temperament is not going to change, he is too old for that. His temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body."

Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee

"Do you do this kind of thing often?"

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#13-#15 aviddiva and dq, you rock. great answer to the tree question avid. :D

"i believe this is the first time i have ever tried writing in the bath."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"and this is the kind of poem you have in your head?"

"God save me from my own complacency."

In the Company of the Courtesan

"What about your ears?"

"The ones that cut off the auditory portion are going to hear voices coming out of the wall plugs."

Frogs into Princes: The Introduction to Neuro-Linguistic Programming, by R. Brandler & J. Grinder
(sorry, I still don't know how to create a link to the book)

"Are you allergic to bee stings?"

"i came by my aversion early on, and honestly."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"can we have a word, please, entre nous, about this parrot?"

"Oh, he is stupid," she says. "Ignore him."

Love Takes You Home by Julie Capaldo

"So, you want the fish?"

"No, thanks, really. I don't need anything. I've got all I need."

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"Why aren't you eating?"

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"we have to repaint the gazebo."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"why were we risking life and limb to please some neo-pagan park ranger wannabe?"

"I think how strange it must be to be him."

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

"What do they do in there all night?"

"Not a word about what we saw. Not to Yarpen, not to Wenck. Not to anybody."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"We and you are simple folk, how are we to know the ins and outs of law?"

"I fancied that he flushed painfully, at any rate he was terribly abashed, and even agitated."

The Insulted and Humiliated by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Can she be delirious?"

"I'm with your Mother right now. She's ... had a slight breakdown."

Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten

"Would you like some water to take your pills with?"

"I'm having a drink with Leonardo da Vinci."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"'don't you miss your privacy?' they often asked."

The footman who stood at the door guarding her reputation had heard every syllable, and she often wondered what exaggerated form the drama would have taken by the time it reached her aunt's ears.

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"Did I somehow give you the impression that I am in the habit of wandering about strange cities in the company of strange men?

"her eyes were full of fierce territoriality."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"'oh what can ail thee, knight at arms,
alone and palely loitering?'"

"That curry plagues me so."

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"Are you all right, Isabella?"

"'f*ck off!' she yelled."*

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"Where did you get that filthy rag?"

*the yelling is being done by Mrs. Rochester, an aged parrot, so it's sort of not really an obscenity. or is it?

Message edited by its author, Sep 7, 2009, 5:44pm.

I think maybe it's still an obscenity, though perhaps without intent.

i think I'd assert that it's a profanity, since it is by definition vulgar, but not an obscenity since I'd say obscenity implies intent. but i drift.

I'd say that if it's said by a parrot then it's excusable. That's too funny! :-)

Anyway, continuing...

"It was a gift from Vincenzo."

Love Takes You Home by Julie Capaldo

"You don't like the shoes?"

"'wipe your feet!' she bellowed at the librarians earlier today when they came in from a walk with rather wet and grimy looking tennis shoes."*

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"is it possible that even a predilection for fiction can live in the cell?"

*Mrs. Rochester again

"You don't mean to lecture at me? For if you do, let me warn you I get a weekly sermon from Aunt Clem. And uplifting as it may be, it quite adequately meets my needs for that sort of thing."

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"And were you rewarded, my friend?"

"Altona's birthday gift to me was a selection of toiletries, including a very enthusiastic foam."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"'why should it surprise you that machines have feelings?' asked Darlene when i quizzed her about her gift for mechanical mediumship."

“This problem has always existed. Since we first encountered androids posing as humans.”

‘Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep’ by Philip K. Dick.

“What kind of animal do you have at home?”

"Rodale's romantic descriptions of organic gardening echoed my own fond memories of my grandmother's farm, of me perched on a bale of hay in the predawn light watching her milk our Jersey cow."

Buying Organic - Luddene Perry

"So how is it that farmers can give cows their large doses of drugs and then not have them show up in milk?"

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"Mrs. Rochester was listening closely, as is her wont."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"who knows what damage it might have done, if left to stay?"

"I would not have thought any man in the Corps would need to hear anything but that a creature's well-being was at risk to seek to amend the situation."

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

"May we go and wash up?"

"any died-in-the-wool aquatic reader will tell you that you can't have an enjoyable soak unless you have bubbles and that they should be whipped up until they achieve Everest-like proportions."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"why don't we know the name of the person--and I'll wager it was a woman--who came up with the idea of the waffle?"

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"I'm afraid you are innocent in the ways of society, Miss Latham."

Isabelle and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"Miss Latham, have I said something to distress you?"

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"Definitely. Don't you think so?"

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie

"What else are you here for?"

"I haven't seen this many prostitutes since my sixteenth birthday!"

Starter for Ten, by David Nicholls

"Question 7. The colour of Alice Harbinson's lips might best be described as...?"

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"conifer. moss. fern."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"what must she have thought?"

"Sometimes I think, they could have done whatever they wanted to me."

Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten

"Why do they deal drugs?"

"...he was bored and unhappy in retirement and had in fact been considering a perhaps ill-advised return to the stage when the summons had come."

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

"Can you tell me what you were doing in California?"

Jo looked up at him and smiled, "I'm a Clippers fan," she said.

Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre

"First time in charge?"

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"Whatever the reasons, my loins have grown cold on me."

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

"Did I come this far for that?"

"One more step and I call campus security."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Boo? That's a name?"

"I hadn't realized all the consequences of the word."

Howl by Allen Ginsberg

""What sphinx of cement and aluminum cracked open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?"

Whoops, too slow.

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"How bloodthirsty you are."

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

"Would you like to go and see what's happening at the lake?"

"Now, I don't know how many of you-all brought life-rafts on your station-wagon roofracks, but..."

Not the End of the World by Christopher Brookmyre

"So you reckon it's still a sin?"

"'don't i know it,' he said and laughed."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"what must she have thought?"

"It was obvious from the start that the poor girl had no idea --"

Isabella an The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"Are you mad?"

"all you could smell was the danger."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"we don't know where it's been, do we?"

"We are merely pragmatic," said Jakem

Lady Friday by Garth Nix

"What do you want the sorcerer to do?"

"You can only do what you're able."

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

"Why had I never noticed her in school before?"

"I was dumb enough to take a job in Dr. Friday's hospital back on Earth."

Lady Friday by Garth Nix

"You say you're a prisoner here?" asked Leaf.

"Who'd have guessed he'd dare abduct the daughter of Ali Pasha's honoured guest?"

Isabella and The English Witch by Loretta Chase

"Would you, my sweet, be kind enough to explain to them how it is with us?"

"Shut up!" instructed Milka. "You've got us in enough trouble already."

Lady Friday by Garth Nix.

"Will Noon really balame us?" asked Feorin.

"The look of horror on Boo's face confirmed it."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Where the hell is the Shadow?"

"Reilly stood in the shadows near the side of the house and watched."

Separation of Power by Vince Flynn

"So, how is the president going to stop you from going on to an eighteenth term?"

"Don't talk back," Mamma warned, not harshly but firm.

The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

"Did you say your praryers, Ninah?"

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God began our conversation by clearing something up.

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken

"... Who, dear Lord, is the audience for a book like this? ..."

" . . . you will understand one day too," he said to Mustard, "if you listen instead of speaking."

The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

"Why doesn't she wash it?"

"It's a long story," she answered. "I'll tell you sometime."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"What else are we to teach her?"

"Scientific proof that time sometimes passes all too quickly."

The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Is this because I'm storing all your photographs?"

"No. Very nearly."

King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett

"You have noticed the elephants. You know their history?"

"Some of them really are gifted."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"What was written on the wall this time?"

"Knock, knock."

Random Magic by Sasha Soren

"What was it?"

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"There was light enough to see the quick movement of a rat among the garbage cans lined up near the glass."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"If I told you to assume the position, would you know what I meant?"

"'I'm certain that it's terrible!' Arabella said, her cow-like eyes wide open."

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander.

"Ivy stared at me, 'What have you done?'"

"Had I known the true reason you wished to see me, I would never have come here."

Castles by Julie Garwood"

"Exactly what are you implying?"

"I will not fight."

The Bhagavad-Gita

"Whence comes this faintness on you (now) at this crisis-hour?

"You've noticed these powers and they have worried you too."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"What other conditions do you want to impose?"

"I don't know. I won't be out of mourning until nearly Christmas, so I really can't do anything until then."

And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"When do you intend to travel?"

"when the last of the birds had flown, Mr. Bridgman began to flap his arms up and down, awkward and hopeless. then he set himself to spinning."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"where does she get off saying the things she says?"*

*Mrs. Rochester. Again.

Occasions like this, he thought, were times for bluntness.

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

She paused. "Are you one of Bruce's friends?"

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"He knows me...We're in the same room, our beds are next to each other."

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"Did they take him to the lunatic asylum?"

“A sealed-envelope breakdown.”

‘Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep’ by Philip K. Dick.

“Is the owl genuine?”

"Noooo," she says, but I can tell she's lying.

Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian

"Is this a setup?"

"You watch a lot of television, don't you?"

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Where's the gun?"

**responded w/a question too...it fits! ;p

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Raffy shrugged his shoulders.

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"Who're you going to phone?"

"The psychiatrist in apartment 3A."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Did anyone ever suggest that might be illegal?

"Run, run, run."

Run Run Run by Clement Hurd

"Where could he be?"

"New York, 1995."

Heat by Bill Buford

"Why would Mario hire someone so big?"

"How do you say hippopotamus in Spanish?"

There is a Bull on My Balcony by Sesyle Joslin

"Does this train have a dining car?"

"Alexander said nothing as he was learning to prefer a Chinese breakfast of dumplings, soy bean cakes and congee, with a few red dates mixed into the rice porridge."

Shanghai Station by Bartle Bull

"How long have you been in Shanghai?"

"Do you mind if I don't tell you? Or just not yet."

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

"Does it matter?" she asked.

"Lambert says we're using up too much fuel with our baths."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"How am I meant to know what you're doing?"

"Then why don't you go back to your own neighborhood.....?"

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Why would it be painful if you never went there in the first place, if your father forbade it?"

"I hadn't thought about it that way."

Finding Dahshaa by Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox

"Why are you here?"

"even as a little boy, i knew i'd follow the trail he'd blazed."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"DID ELVIS CURE HER MIGRAINES?"*

*caps in original
**edited to make touchy work

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"But only on the nights when she grew restless or scared."

The Hotal on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Konichi-wa, Ototo-san?"

"Of course, dear."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

""You have quite a bit of money, don't you?"

"I'm not sure what you mean."

Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver

"Why would he want to kill us?"

"parrots are strong of beak."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"and don't you think it's time you retired that bathrobe?"

"''Does she disapprove of my gown?' she asked, looking down at what I found to be an oddly attractive dress."

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"How are your studies coming along?"

"I don't know anything..."

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"Maybe your massages would help?"

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Suddenly I am paralyzed.

Black Out by Lisa Unger

"How long are you planning on staying here?"

"Ah, that depends, that depends."

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding

"Do you dive from this boat?"

"Well, it was just a thought."

Black Out by Lisa Unger

"Where is he this time"?

"I didn't ask him."

Tiger Hall by Esther Wyndham

"It's a beautiful hedge, isn't it?"

"I have only one photograph of my mother."

Sacred Legacy: Ancient Writings from Nine Women of Strength and Honor by Myrna Grant

"Does he obey his parents?"

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"You won't understand and you don't have to understand."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"What is your position redarding our monarchs' behaviour?"

"Virgil is usually quite contained; but when a Calvinist fit seizes him, he's impervious to tempering forces."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"doesn't Princess Margaret wear hers anymore?"

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"Yes," said Mrs. Moscowitz. "I believe."

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"What business have you got with that woman?"

"Hey" Ashley teased, "is this turning into one of those perverted telephone calls?"

Murphy's Law by Lori Foster

"Are you really going to wear pink taffeta?"

"common sense or decency says, 'throw it out.' but emotion intervenes."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"'under a truck?' he asked in a strangulated voice."

"I promise to behave."

Murphy's Law by Lori Foster

"Know where The Squirrel is?"

"You don't know? He's got a partner, a crooked lawyer who pretends to be a rabbi, with a hat and a beard, and they keep their eye out for patients leaving the hospital who haven't got a family."

The Way to the Cats - Yehoshua Kenaz

"What do you want from him?"

"'well,' said the merchant of words, 'if fiction isn't the ticket, perhaps you'd like to have this collection of picture post-card views of the City of Light.'"

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"why are you growling?"

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Todd had looked at her with pity. "Women don't understand," he said. "They just don't."

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

"You inspected the roof, did you?"

"As I did not think that would ever be possible, I did not give the idea much heed."

Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan

"You've seen these creatures before?"

"The whole experience was like an hallucination."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"He was paying for Brigid's education, and who did she think she was telling him what to do?"

"Although Joe had never forgotten the girl whom he had surprised that morning in Jerry Glovsky's bedroom, he saw that, in his nocturnal reimaginings of the moment, he had badly misremembered her."

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

" 'Do you have to have cheated death?' "

"(Mrs. Rochester) was our mother's parrot. in fact, she is still her parrot, even though Mother has been dead all these years. . .the petty intrusion of mortality has not diminished their connection."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"what else might she have forgotten? flowers? decaf? antipasto?"

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"Abruptly, he stood up and started to go through the kitchen drawers, working his way around the cabinets until he came up with a pair of scissors."

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

"How had Thomas gotten himself locked out?"

"The question hung in the air.'

Finding Dahshaa by Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox

"Have you done this before?"

"this suggests something uncomfortably Freudian to me, which I'd rather not think about at the moment."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"what have you got to lose?"

"I really haven't had the opportunity to determine that, Andrew."

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"Is anything missing?"

"Wait, I'll come."

The Naming by Alison Groggon.

"Is there anything you must fetch?"

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"My lawyer is going to hear about this."

Genesis by Karin Slaughter

"Is that why you chose to run away on Easter?"

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"The ravishing, impossible scheme that had been tormenting Sammy's imagination for months seemed all at once to have a shot at getting off the ground.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

" 'He's a foreigner? Where's he from?' "

"He's my own private funny man, a court jester who performs only for me."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"How's your story going, Martin?"

"i was just about to sit at the kitchen table with pen and notepad, when the three retired librarians who are staying with us--all reading Barbara Pym and A. S. Byatt--challenged me to a round of scrabble."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"who would do such a thing?"

"'I do' I said, but I was learning not to."

The Hand Of Isis by Jo Graham

"So which one of you is the princess?"

"Betta wasn't."

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford

"You think I'm interested in a famous New York chef?"

"The point is that there are many alternative ways to provide for our food needs."

Buying Organic - Luddene Perry

"Will your purchase of organic food change the world?"

#120...Great answer aviddiva.

Thanks.

"Good question... I'll soon be nothing but a bit of atomic garbage in the winds that howl around the universe."

A Serious Widow by Constance Beresford-Howe

"Where to -- the knacker's yard?"

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"No!" said Jim Qwilleran.

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lillian Jackson Braun

"Will you drink to that?"

"I took a small sip and sat for a moment. 'Delicious.'"

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"What is troubling you?"

"'VANDALS DECAPITATE MAILBOXES' blared the headline in yesterday's hastily produced edition of the Occasional Rumor.

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"'anything of note?' bellowed June over the hiss of the milk steamer."

"A warrior, we believe," Mansur told her.

Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin

"How did he know?"

"bills, receipts, statements, a reservation or two, another letter from the Reader's Digest letting me know i might already have won a million dollars."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"how did your mother react to those poems when she saw them in print?"

"Iffen you'd a seen her when she were a girl, hair like fire, full of chatter as a cricket...She were a sight then, my Hilda."

Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin

"You'll speak for her, lady, won't ee?" he said.

'Good heavens, no!' said Mrs. Burnham.

Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh

'And oh dekko mama, do: there's her ankle! Do you see it?'

"I think so."

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

"Was that your baby?"

"she took on this responsibility after completing a correspondence course in astrology."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"is it possible that the future can be contained in a random scattering of leaves?"

"Well, Nana and I once had our teacups read. I was going to rise to a great challenge in the middle of my life, the woman said, and she was annoyed when we both immediately got the giggles."

A Serious Widow by Constance Beresford-Howe

"But have you no curiosity?"

"A visit to the autumn fair would answer your question, I think."

The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts

"You're not thinking of denying Asandir, are you?"

Amber, You have to answer the question in the latest post with a quote from the current book you're reading. Then ask another question from your book for the next poster to answer.

"I didn't want to come in the first place."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"And where am I supposed to hide myself while everyone else is at the barbecue?"

#153, #154, #155 & #156 - anyone else find it quite amusing how Amber's query and Wolfy's reply blend in so seamlessly with the gist of the thread?

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I find most of this thread to be amusing! Love it! It is probably my favorite on LT.

"The hayloft, please."

The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts

"You were on course for the midden in any case?"

Was very tempted to use the question for the answer instead.

"i was there only this morning, punctuating my perusal of the mail with sips of a frothy cappuccino."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"does he sneak into your room nightly and try to saw you in half?"

"Is this why you have come to me at this ghastly hour?"

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"Shall I summon help?"

"Perhaps they were already doing so. It was hard to tell; so much was happening at any one time that any description of the situation had some truth in it, from "desperate crisis, extinction event totally ignored" to "minor problems robustly dealt with."

Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson

"...We like these kinds of challenges. Who wouldn't?"

"I haven't been challenged from within my own party because there has never been an alternative, but if the president were to lean hard enough on the people who run the party back in Connecticut...if he were to promise to infuse a bunch of cash into their coffers, they'd dump me in a heartbeat."

Separation of Power by Vince Flynn

"What if Saddam gets wind that we're getting ready to hit him?"

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Floodlights lit up the building and made the sidewalk as bright as day. The photographer, Gerry Pepper, was working without a flash as he leaned over the railing and aimed his camera down into the submerged enclosure outside the basement-level door.

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"You advised her by way of crystal ball?"

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161...Deltaqueen...funny one
btw...I adore this thread!

"And anyway, you don't need a seer to tell your future's just branched into darkness."

The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts

"Is this a kingdom that encourages lawlessness?"

"Mrs. Rochester. . .will sometimes surprise us by cutting loose with a very convincing whistled rendition of 'shuffle off to buffalo' or the mad scene from Lucia."

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"but how have so many people found us?"

"It was a cute bit of nonsense, but it rattled me."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"How could he say the exact words that were in my mind?"

"We are so accustomed to having human communication proceed according to established norms, along paths already taken, that we do not explore any alternatives."

Gabby Brimmer - Gabby Brimmer

"But what does this have to do with literature?"

"i once won an elocution prize with my rendition of the 'Elegy.'"

bachelor brothers' bed and breakfast by Bill Richardson

"ever noticed how the world can seem different on Tuesday?"

"The selection of books kept in one's bedroom is highly personal and indicative of one's character."

And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander

"Would you like to see the rest of the house?"

#166 - Lindasbooks - thanks. I too, absolultely love this game!

"It's a veritable fortress, not a house."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"So why are we roaming around in the bushes?"

"...we would do walking exercises in the garden."

Gabby Brimmer - Gabby Brimmer

"Are you suffering?"

His words hit her, hurting like sharp pieces of granite, and she stared at him, aghast.

Better to Forget by Margaret Pargeter

"I suppose you've already heard how I am?"

"most young women would be nervous as a chili pepper in a stir-fry skillet, having to see such a thing, answer questions and what all."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"okay, just what do you want?"

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"I thought you might like to go for a drive to see the Lake," said Betty. "It's a good day for it."

The Dance of Courtship by Flora Kidd

"Who are the bogey men?"

"...the Beatles cavorting, Sinatra in a gangster hat and a shirtless, defiant Jim Morrison."

Border Songs by Jim Lynch

"We could hold them off for, what, ten minutes?"

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master, that's all.'

Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

`I was thinking,' Alice said politely, `which is the best way out of this wood: it's getting so dark. Would you tell me, please?'

#178 brilliant, lynnb. :)

"It's been a long time since I've been down here."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"How would you like to go to a seance?"

"might find out more if you was to let us do a past lives regression session."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"did you hear me or was you daydreaming again?

"What? I wondered."

Heat by Bill Buford

"Haven't we just been to Italy?"

"'third time's the charm,' Elba said."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"why do you write all that down?"

"I'm the overzealous type."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"So what did you do for her?"

"I have painted everything I can manage to see through my window."

Gabby Brimmer - Gabby Brimmer

"why am I doing this?"

"It ws a rash thing to say under the circumstances, a supremely vulgar and outrageous proposition, but time was short, and I didn't want to leave New Mexico without knowing where we stood."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"Where is that mouth, then?"

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"she tilted her head and peered at her reflection in the birdbath."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"what was their magazine doing in my cabin?"

"The next day, very early, the bugle would wake us, and then we'd get up and make our beds because if the inspector found anything not in its place we'd really get it!"

Gabby Brimmer:An Autobiography in Three Voices - Gabby Brimmer

"Could she read, could she pay attention?"

"This, as Sammy had known it would, shut her right up."

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

" 'Is this Men's Sportswear?' "

"okay, face it. she was out of her element here."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"so what's your interest, Agatha?"

"Silk," she said softly. "Finest white silk. The real stuff. Never worn."

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

"... Supposin' you was to take it into your head to go and chase people's chickens?"

"It's probably the strangest thing I've ever done."

The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

"Silent film?"

"Why can't we find a way of getting sound?"

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (OK, it was the book before the one I'm reading now, but it was still on the bedside table and it was so appropriate).

"What, you mean like dwarfs and gnomes and so on?"

"No, scratch that, I don't want to know."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Do you know why she never leaves the building?"

"everything concerned with this is rooted in the darkness of a past age."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"Willi, could the black and white wolves be trying to communicate on many levels?

"Can't believe all you read in the papers," said Jack.

Death of a Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard

"You know that the decanter of lakka was poisoned?"

"My Dad has some. Downstairs, on a shelf in his office."

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Mitch pulled away again. "How do you know that?"

"Why you asking me, Scoop?"

Country of the Blind by Christopher Brookmyre

"Somebody killed my friend, Jenny. Who was it?"

"Mr. Hale had the duty, sir."

The Terror by Dan Simmons

"Protected by what?"

"a redhead."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"didn't he once work here?"

"That narrows it down to about forty percent of our male population."

The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lillian Jackson Braun

"How do you know they'll even crack them?"

"If anybody even asks, just tell them it's an active homicide investigation and you can't talk about it."

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"Can I trust you to do that?"

"She really ought to know better than to take offense at his secretiveness."

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

" 'You're moving out? You're moving here?' "

"Thatʻs none of your business. . . And donʻt you breathe a word of this to anybody."

Religious Conviction by Grif Stockley

"Would you accuse me of killing somebody, to save yourself?"

"Not me. I want to be a Texas Ranger when I grow up."

Stonebrook Cottage by Carla Neggers

"Then why did you run away?"

"Afraid of the lightning are you?"

The curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts

"Who paid for the gin?"

AH, said Bill Door. STRONG DISTILLED SPIRITS, GIVEN HUMOROUSLY TO THE UNSUSPECTING NEWCOMER, THUS TO AFFORD SIMPLE AMUSEMENT WHEN HE BECOMES INADVERTENTLY INEBRIATED.

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. (sorry about the CAPS and no quotation marks, but Bill Door is actually Death and that's the way he speaks)

"Any trousers in the house?"

"no one knows."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"how exactly did the helmet save you?"

""They weren't drinking," Mario corrected."

Heat by Bill Buford

"Where's Bobby tonight?"

"I think I can remember now."

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

"And who is the gentleman that you hold so close?"

"That was Big Mike."

Stonebrook Cottage by Carla Neggers

"Are you two going to tell me what all this is really about?"

"Didn't you hear what I said? A girl is dead!"

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"What do we do now?"

"Some kind of fraud...or treachery."

The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lillian Jackson Braun

"How did the family react to your request?"

"The kids scooted off to the brook, and she headed out back. Sam Temple politely excused himself..."

Stonebrook Cottage by Carla Neggers

"Can you imagine what it'll be like when they're teenagers?"

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"Hmmm." Kendra tapped her chin while she contemplated this.

Dial L for Loser by Lisi Harrison

"Are those tears, babygirl?"

"Lucy must work her own way back from the light."

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

"Did anyone look it up in a dictionary?"

"'Tunkasila,' he said, 'like the name of your stone, can refer to any older one who guides you.'"

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"what is it this lonely, dithering woman is going to be upset about other than your triple-whammy comparisons?"

"You told her that you were going to stop my allowance."

In Distant Fields by Charlotte Bingham

"You don't want that, do you Johnny?"

"In this situation -- none. I asked out of an inappropriate curiosity born of the desire to start new rumors going around the inns."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"So maybe we should make use of the opportunity?"

"Okay... I suppose so. Come back in a week."

The Awesome Egyptians by Terry Deary

""Could the forces inside a pyramid preserve the crystals in some way... the same way they preserve food, or the body of a dead Egyptian cat?"

"you can't keep anything secret in a small town."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"where in heavens did you find that?'"

"The linen closet," she said, "where they always are if you weren't too lazy to look."

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"Do you know what that big jerk said to me?"

"All I can see is that you're laughing like some kind of idiot for no reason at all, so don't try to change the subject, kid."

Gaby Brimmer - Gaby Brimmer

"Give it a rest. All right?"

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"Hey, what if it's a trap? Not that you're listening..."

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories by Shiro Amano

"Will I have to go around nearly naked, like you?"

"Elba crossed her arms and shifted her ample bosom into a comfortable position."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"so what's your interest, Agatha?"

"I'd like to take one...One of these roses."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"What do you mean by cheap?"

"I don't care what it costs."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell...still...lol

"Why do you stay here?"

"I shouldn't be sleeping in the same bed as you."

In a Glass House by Nino Ricci

"What's the matter, don't you remember me?"

"Ignore her. She'll go away in a while."

Mallory's Oracle Carol O'Connell

"Did you see the body?"

"Afraid so," Susan said, with a sigh

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"But what about dinner with the family?"

"Don't be afraid."

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

"Who else these days has the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady?"

"I apologize," called Blaize, "for my wife."

Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden

"Isn't it the old call of the flesh?"

"can't deny the messages, or they'll stop being sent."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"now where was i?"

*edited to change the question

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"By the coffin, Lee"

Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff

"You brought me a gun?"

The metal handle looked so rusted he was loath to touch it.

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

"Am I going blind, or did it suddenly get dark in here?"

"Oh, mother, don't start that again!"

Gaby Brimmer - Gaby Brimmer

"What could they have done to her to make her act this way?"

"Blasphemy."

Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff

"Did he tell you he dusted a demon this evening?"

"Some are more capable than others."

Gaby Brimmer - Gaby Brimmer

"Hold on, what are you talking about?"

"Does Dr. Coomaraswamy have to make his inaugural speech twice?"

Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden

"Now what's happening?"

"The Animal Welfare League, once an active charity in Grahamstown, has had to close down its operation."

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

"Can you fasten his legs?"

The donkey's hooves had never been trimmed or cut so that they turned up like Turkish slippers.

Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden

"A pest?"

"yes-sir-ree-bob."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"never what on a Friday, sheriff tucker?"

"You can wait for the doctor on Thursday, or you can leave him with me."

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

"She can wait for Dr. Oosthuizen on Thursday, but the old fellow will come out sterile anyway, and does she want that?"

"It's a scandalous lie. I wouldn't repeat it if I were you."

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

"What d'you think is going to happen?"

"Ask me wha you will; / In everything I serve you and obey..." --Curius in Catiline
by Henrik Ibsen

"What now is going on within the house/
of Catiline?" -- Furia, in Catililne

"...since you clearly enjoy playing the idiot I won't spoil your game and will explain using simple words."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"What do you mean, don't come in?"

"One must always be aware of the times when a family wishes to be left alone," he remarked. "This is one of them."

In Distant Fields by Charlotte Bingham

"You really do believe war to be inevitable?"

"I believe in taking the lessons of life wherever I can find them."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"What are you getting upset about?"

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"I won't sit here and say that I am convinced Nell Hart was murdered."

The Secret by Kat Martin

"Have you ever thought about what it would be like to die?"

"I wondered why I wasn't killed along with Walter."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"What do you hear from Geneva?"

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"Bloody hell."

Out Stealing Horses by Per Pettersen

"What are you doing out there?"

Pat stared at the floor. She could hardly tell him that she came in because she wanted to see his things, to get a sense of him. And so she mumbled something else altogether.

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

"Are you, or are you not, Tam Dalyell?"

"I think that television is starting to rot your brain."

In a Glass House by Nino Ricci

"Can you believe that?"

"So what if she does? She won't even see what is going to happen to her!"

Comes the Blind Fury by John Saul

"I wonder if I should stop in and speak to Carson?"

"My dear man... the last thing I feel like is a political meeting."

Coromandel sea change by rumer godden

"Can politics be love?"

"now you're getting scary. . ."

Work of the Angels by Kat Goldring

"why won't they find anything?"

"Because Shaerrawedd was a symbol."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"Did you say something?"

"I'm not sure I knew what I wanted."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"What's bothering you, child?"

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I'm ill, she thought. Something has happened to my mind.

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith

"Do you want my advice? Or my sympathy? Which is it to be?"

"Not sure I follow you."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"SHE'S THE PLAGUE OF MY LIFE."

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

"Can you get it from swallowing water?"

"If only we could."

Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden

"Perhaps your husband would say that is superstitious?"

"We laughed quietly......".

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

"Do your ma and da have fights?"

"Can This Marriage Be Saved?"

Building a Better Race: Gender, sexuality, and eugenics from the turn of the century to the baby boom. by Wendy Kine

However, he does have on physical defect. His ears are smaller than the normal size and have somewhat the appearance of being upside down.

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hey, familymoments, here are the rules as posted at the beginning of the game:

Easy Rules*:
Take the book you're reading.
Find a quote which answers the question in the post above yours.
Tell us what book you are quoting.
Find another quote from the same book (a question this time) for the next poster to answer.

answering question from #266

"very often they do not."

death and the dancing footman by Ngaio Marsh

"why in the world should he do such a thing?"

"Because fear's the only thing anyone respects any more."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"How far do you think Theo's prepared to go?"

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'He's gone to volunteer to the army, told him he's far too old, but he's determined."

In Distant Fields by Charlotte Bingham

"Are you sure you can manage all of this without me?"

"i am not positive but i am almost positive."

death and the dancing footman by Ngaio Marsh

"does he look at all as he did then?"

"Not in the way you mean..."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"Where'd you meet him?"

"Time, and tomorrow, would tell."

Even Money by Dick Francis

"Agreement about what?"

"Your arm" she murmured in genuine concern.

In Distant Fields by Charlotte Bingham

"Sure you want to drive?"

"If it worries you, of course I won't."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell (almost done..lol)

"Edith, what do you know about that woman that I don't know?"

"Sandra confides in her maid, and she tells me the maid is bosom friends with your Mrs. Pouting."

death and the dancing footman by Ngaio Marsh

"why should it have upset him so much?"

"And for the first time I felt a flash of bitterness towards my father because he had ruined the most complete moment of my life up to then…"

Out Stealing Horses by Per Pettersen

"Are you tired?"

"I feel like I got a hangover."

Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell

"Do you remember anything about last night?"

"a pink flush mounted from Jonathan's chin up into his bald pate."

death and the dancing footman by Ngaio Marsh

"what are their relations?"

281...mirrordrum...lol ..good one *blushing*

"You know how randy honeymooners are."
Standoff by Sandra Brown

"Does your camera have a tape in it?"

"Not at the moment."

The Secret by Kat Martin

"Do you have any reason you think think that it happened otherwise?"

"Again the ticker tape."

Heat by Bill Buford

"What's wrong with these people?"

"An amoral generation is coming up fast."

Season of the Machete by James Patterson

"You wish to make a confession here?"

"No."

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

"Is is blue?"

"You don't have to eat it."

Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden

"Why shouldn't I?"

"I told you before, I hate them runny."

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

"Why are the Yankees fighting the gorillas?"

"It was all done in the spirit of fun and after a few weeks everything went back to the way it was before."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"Does that surprise you?"

"Mind your noggin."

The Lace Reader- Brunonia Barry

"Which one is Angela's trailor?"

"I have no idea."

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"Why are you so interested in a simple eviction?"

"You betrayed my trust," she was saying. "I shouldn't have allowed it."

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

"You want to scream already?"

"You don't know me!"

Push Comes to Shove - Wesley Brown

"How would you know anything about my fear or what it might make me do?"

"Emotions scare you, Mack. You lied to protect yourself, not her!"

The Shack by William P. Young

"You're still messing with me, aren't you?"

"I must have looked a little doubtful."

Even Money by Dick Francis

"I promised didn't I?"

"Lies, lies all over the place."

Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart

"How did they lie?"

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