A silly book game part 28

Easy Rules*:

1. Grab the book you're currently reading.
2. Find a quote which answers the question in the post above yours.
3. Tell us what book you're quoting (include author's name).
4. Find another quote from the same book (a question this time) for the next poster to answer.

Hint: It's good if both your answer and question are related, but that's not absolutely necessary.

*Newbies welcome!

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"A corpse," said Lugg complacently. "I thought that'd make you sit up."

Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

"Do you mind shabby furniture?"

"Smash all. If they didnʻt think enough of it to take it with them, itʻs worthless. Like they were."

Tipperary by Frank Delaney

ʻBut didnʻt they have a baby last month?"

'I used to think it rolled out from under a rock.'

Supergods by Grant Morrison

'What if he was right, and I really was deluding myself?'

"We'll find out soon enough, I'm sorry to say."

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

"Have you figured out what's behind all this?"

'i ended up specializing in fossil man, more or less by accident.'

Summer of the dragon by Elizabeth Peters

'what are you doing this summer?'

"I doubt I can stay here."

A House Divided by Pearl S. Buck

"What if he comes and fetches me back again with his soldiers?"

"You tell him to pop some smoke when he gets there so we won't shoot him."

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

"How we gonna get that f**ker, jack?"

" . . .I sometimes think we go
Too far, in anger, with our ʻHerein, at
Your peril, fail not. . .ʻ --old court room cliche."

Fasti by Ovid

". . .We must continue, --or
Are you expecting some reward, for your
Devout dynastic loyalty?"

Thank you for your offer--I am very surprised, really. But I don't think it would be a good idea for me to accept it."

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

"Am I dead?"

"That's what I hear."

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

"Weren't you in a wheelchair for, like, four months?"

"I am quite exhausted; that long walk and the damp air nearly did me in."

The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

"Shall I send my carriage to your cottage at eleven o'clock?"

"I ought to warn you to take a hackney if you mean to call at a man's lodgings."

Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer

"Who was that curst rum touch I found you with last week?"

"The feud's history is too long to explain here, but my role in it had me blundering through a thicket on the flank of Mount Ishizuchi one stewed night in the sixth month, separated from my comrades."

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

"Who's wrongheaded?"

"I dont know, I dont like to look at it."

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

"Does it make you feel like a big guy to cuss in every sentence that comes out of your mouth?"

"Well, but, Kitten, you don't quite understand!" "It sounds bad, but - dash it, it's the sort of thing that might happen to anyone!"

Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer

"What the devil are you looking like that for?"

"You were on the phone for like six hours. I got bored."

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

"What about the hymenoptera?"

"Do y'not think it odd that a man like Herrick would keep something like that beside him while he slept?"

Death of an Ardent Bibliophile by Bartholomew Gill

"Isn't it a handsome thing?"

"They're pretty subtle."

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

"You know you cant be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes, right?"

"I could not agree more."

The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James

"What were you doing in Whitehall?"

"I get up at night and curse myself in front of the mirror."

The Pity of It All: A History of Jews in Germany 1743-1933 by Amos Elan

"What would you do if you were in power?"

"On Monday morning, as likely as not he would appear in the same soiled clothes as last week, and with a black stubble that had not known a razor. And he would be more noisy than ever, shouting and playing the pranks of a child of ten."

Light in August by William Faulkner

"Sacrifice? Me, the sacrifice?"

'you have been warned, and you must take the consequences.'

‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’ by M. R. James.

‘... the man must be a monomaniac; but what was his monomania?’

"My mother!"

A House Divided by Pearl S. Buck

"I suppose Sheng will be wed?"

"Ain't no ticket back, bro."

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

"Why are you guys so secretive?"

"I guess you can't take chances with those Free Thinkers around."

The Book by M. Clifford

"Why Holden?

"Because he was one of ours."

No Dominion by Charlie Huston

"What'd you do with him?"

I turned the flashlight on his wound. The blood was pouring down his arm, and he looked pale. "Let's see if we can stop the bleeding."

Dead City by Joe McKinney

"How long before the hospitals are all overrun with these zombie things?"

"Then he settled in to eat."

Wild Night Is Calling by J. A. Konrath

"Do you know how to get to this address?"

Easing to a halt at a stop sign, she noted with amusement that there wasn't another car in sight.

Fresh Tracks by Georgia Beers {a really mediocre book}

"Do you think I miss it all?"

"Has it been that long?"

Deliruim by Lauren Oliver

"I suppose you believe in vampires and werewolves too?"

“'Good heavens!” said the little man, whom the suggestion seemed to throw
into a state of unaccountable terror, “such a thing cannot be thought of
for a moment.”

‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’ by M. R. James.

“A silver crucifix and chain for the neck; monsieur would perhaps be good
enough to accept it?”

"It won't hurt the kid, if that's what you've been afraid of."

Light in August by William Faulkner

"What is this that you think I won't want to hear?"

"This does not belong in a lab report. Take this seriously! This is not a game."

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

"What you got against New Yorkers?"

'it's not a matter of conviction, it's pure reflex.'

Summer of the dragon by Elizabeth Peters

'what are you, a sociologist?'

"Aw, Jeez. I was hoping you wouldn't say that."

Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box

"Should I ask my mother what she thinks about it?"

"I'll think about it. Let's wait a bit."

The White Lioness by Henning Mankell

How long have I been asleep?

"Only four months earlier, I had made an announcement to my parents."

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

"Was that a sign of desperation?"

"Who knows? Stranger things have happened,"

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Have you tried to ask her about it?

"This isnʻt a good time for it. I canʻt explain right now. . . .Letʻs talk later."

Death Drop by Alina Adams

"Whose idea was this ʻpurity ceremonyʻ? Yours or Coopʻs?"

"The wife was talking about it, but I'm not sold on the idea."

Wasted Years by John Harvey

"What are you thinking about now?"

"And for just an hour I can almost forget that I am on this wacko farm in Montana slowly dying away like a blind cat."

The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

"What's brain rot?"

"Not much left of his head, is what I hear."

Out of Range by C.J. Box

"What happened to you?"

"I can't say."

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

"You gonna shoot me?"

“Oh yes! Just the head,”

‘The Mezzotint’ in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary’ by M. R. James.

“But what about figures?”

"We're running deficits, bleeding red."

Out of Range by C.J. Box

"So, are you going to arrest us?"

“Certainly I will. But there’s just one other thing.”

‘The Mezzotint’ in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary’ by M. R. James.

“What?”

"Your companion is not one that is possessed."

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

"Please, can I make a call?"

“No; I do not wish to listen to any more. Make no difficulties, I beg. You have your orders - go.”

‘The Ash Tree’ in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary’ by M. R. James.

“What is that that runs up and down the stem of the ash”

"We ought to consider hiring a big-name forensic expert to look at the photos."

Out of Range by C.J. Box

"What do you want me to do?"

"First, look where the teabags are."

A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke

"You not Eengleesh gentleman, uh?"

"He's a gambler and a hard drinker with a violent streak a mile wide."

Down River by John Hart

"Why would you waste your time with people like that?"

"Dead people give me the creeps."

Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

"Where's the bus goin' next?"

"I need you to find out."

The Man who Smiled by Henning Mankell

"Where did you get all that information from?"

‘Besides official papers, there was a large bundle of correspondence relating to Bishop Jörgen Friis, the last Roman Catholic who held the see, and in these there cropped up many amusing and what are called 'intimate' details of private life and individual character.’

‘Number 13’ in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary’ by M. R. James.

‘He seemed to be a tall thin man--or was it by any chance a woman?’

"Stringy-looking?...Hell, that's practically a goddamn demographic in southeast Mississippi."

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

"If you had done it, would you tell me?"

“Of course not. I know well enough that a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued.”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did?”

"Of course. Lots of people did."

Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro

"You think that would have changed things?"

“Perhaps BECAUSE of the wall-paper.”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“Can you not trust me as a physician when I tell you so?”

"I detest the smugness of the whole affair..."

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"Well, and what's happened to you?"

"I've gone through half a jug of Tums since Gordon Kulicki turned up dead."

Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

"Did you recognize his shoes?"

“There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down.”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“Now why should that man have fainted?”

"He's been a bit of a weepy Nancy to be around since they ripped his eyes out."

Fool by Christopher Moore

"Everyone get a proper bonking for the Saturnalia, did they?"

"On the contrary! I was raised by whores, I have no need of them now."

What Alice Knew: A Most curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper by Paul Marantz Cohen

"What about your father?"

"STANFORD LOCKWOOD, the simple tombstone read, WORLD'S BEST FATHER"

Fallen by Lauren Kate

You were drawing me?

I looked at the picture and knew right away it was my mother, dressed up for a dance.

World of Pies by Karen Stolz

"Are those her old love letters in your hand?"

“How she betrayed herself that time!”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?”

"Nothing at all!"

The Man who Smiled by Henning Mankell

"Did you buy those buildings?"

“A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“And you won't go away?”

"Only as far as the University of Texas in Austin."

World of Pies by Karen Stolz

"Where are you going?"

"She had the oddest sense of being herself invisible, unseen; unknown; there being no more marrying, no more having of children now, but only this astonishing and rather solemn progress with the rest of them, up Bond Street, this being Mrs. Dalloway; not even Clarissa any more; this being Mrs. Richard Dalloway."

Mrs. Dalloway (duh) by Virginia Woolf

"...why had he been so profoundly happy when the clock was striking?"

“It strikes me occasionally,”

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

“Did not that sound innocent?”

"This is how things are, whether we like it or not."

The Man who Smiled by Henning Mankell

"Weren't you curious about Harderberg, and about the castle?"

"It is a very old story, improbably propagandizing."

Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley

"Or was it simply my insatiable desire, my drunken need?"

"There is considerable evidence to support your theory. Now sit down and have a cup of wine."

What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper by Paula Marantz Cohen

"Do you study philosophy?"

"You should still try to learn as much as you can from every life you visit. Maybe in the end, it'll all add up to something."

Passion by Lauren Kate

"Hasn't anyone told you it's more complicated than that?"

"It is out of our hands for now. We will think more upon it tomorrow."

The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan

"You ever drink whiskey before?"

"The boy did not move. 'No', he said."

Light in August by William Faulkner

"Where is the book?"

". . .Rudolph Steiner Publications, 1968"

The Rosicrucians by Christopher MacIntosh

"What part did Andreae play in the rise of Rosicrucianism?"

"Expressed in its frankest terms he has better things to do."

One Day by David Nicholls

"I mean...can I speak frankly?"

"It was the second time in my life I had been in handcuffs."

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

"You think he hid the diamonds in his mattress?"

"No. His only desire was gold."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"Has the wine blurred my wits?"

"It'll only be for a bit. You can come back to Mum later on."

Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

"Did you ever see a goat so big?"

"...it's opaque because it's deep-frozen."

One Day by David Nicholls

"D'you realize I literally haven't seen you sober for, what, three years?

"I thought I must be really drunk because this couldn't be happening."

Beastly by Alex Flinn

"Could I be getting smarter to compensate for my hideousness?"

"That's what the evidence seems to suggest."

One Day by David Nicholls

"University next year?"

"I was born in a South Wales mining village. and, at fourteen I was earning my living underground. At 17, I was in Flanders with the South Wales Borderers, being afterwards wounded in the head at Ypres. The war over, I went back to the mine."

With the French Foreign Legion in Syria by John Harvey

"What about it?"

"Mrs. Fairfax told me in a letter."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

"You will not come?--You will not be my comforter, my rescuer?--My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you?"

"They said you don't talk much."

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

"Do you have a death wish, son? ... Or are you just incredibly stupid?"

'For my plan to work, first, we must find Jack Cane and retrieve the scroll. Then we must destroy them both'

The Second Messiah by Glenn Meade

'Secret?'

"Yes, it us. Now hold on & don't let go."

The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

"So the library wins either way?"

"Nobody will win. This is war."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"Should we wash him?"

"Letʻs!!"

With the French Foreign Legion in Syria
by John Harvey

"You are fit? You feel well? You think you will make-good the war?"

"Wake up lamb . . . He's whacked to the wide. Let's try and carry him up."

Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

"Lord, where's my things?"

"I think I know."

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

"Who did you see in there? What did the say."

Mike, Marco, Lee and this other kid called Dean just appeared out of nowhere. "Think you're well funny, eh. Not f--cking laughing now though, are you!"

The Dead of Summer by Camilla Way

"Do you think they are going to put us in prison?"

"Yes, sir."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

"Then you are going to be married, sir?"

"A man. A guy. I'm seeing this guy."

One Day by David Nicholls

"So you only slept with me to make me feel better?"

"Far from it, sir."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

"You would, perhaps, think me rude if I inquired in return whether you are a philanthropist?"

"I've heard it mentioned."

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

"You injured your leg? What happened?"

"There was an accident on the bridge tonight."

The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

"Do you think you could do anything with this place?"

"I do; and if an oath is necessary to satisfy you, I swear it."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

"My uncle! What of him? Do you know him?"

"Well, I saw him once or twice. I was only ten when Robert killed him."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"What news from down river?"

"I come from a place further North; quite on the borders of Scotland."

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

"Will these people remain long, do you think?"

Paul and his family left the next day, and I thought that would be the last time I would see my brother for a long time.

Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway

"And, does this bother you?"

". . .after three months, taken with a fainting-fit, and died."

Eating Disorders; everything you need to know
by Kirkpatrick and Caldwell

Why (do) We Eat what We Eat(?)

"My mother blamed it on shock..."

When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman

"Fancy a sandwich?"

'once inside the apartment, i helped her cut some chunks of cheese to eat with crackers, poured her a lemonade, and settled her onto the sofa.'

Three can keep a secret by Judy Clemens

'what did the doctor have to say?'

"A postmortem examination by the Tazewell County Coroner's Office yesterday revealed that Blumquist had been dead for four days after suffering from a coronary."

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

"This is an ice cream truck?"

'i froze at the sound of his voice.'

Three can keep a secret by Judy Clemens

'so what can i do for you?'

"Show me the way to the crypts of the dead Starks. And bring a lantern."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"Do you know the way, or don't you?"

"My horses arenʻt accustomed to this brightness
Of day!" he grumbled, "But the problem is
Resolved: I SEE the way now..."

Fasti by Ovid Tr. by Roland F. Perkins

Youʻre familiar with
The Bacchanals up North -- the flowing hair--
The flight --as good as kidnapped?

"The Northmen have her. They will not be willing to let her go now for any price."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"Are you ready, my Lady?"

"I'm ready to get home to my bloodsuckers and my book."

The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

""Menacing? Does that mean you want me to hurt you?"

"I simply turn all to jelly when you touch me."

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

"If the girl I came with asks for me, will you give her this?"

"We will give all we can."

A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

"But what good will it do them?"

"Them?" Monk said.

Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu by Lee Goldberg

"Do they know?" Monk asked.

"At the time, I did not know how old the substitute was- as mentioned, I only learned later that he was filling in for the class's real Jesuit father, whose absence seemed unmourned...".

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

"Is it like fuse, is it like fuss, is it like fuzz?"

"The Police* may not have bothered* to check all the windows."

The Crying Girl by Glen Ebisch

"Then you trust Pat's discretion that much?"

*playing on "fuss" ("bother") and on "fuzz", (obsolete?) slang for "police".

"I see a man with an incredible eye for detail and a commitment to sticking to a task until it's done right."

Monk and the Blue Flu by Lee Goldberg

"Are we talking about the same man?" I said.

"He was scarred but not broken, kind but unbending."

The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

"Are you always this talkative?"

"The mockery of the question flashed back at him from her wretched face."
The Reef by Edith Wharton

"Try to forget you?"

"'sure,' i said. 'why not?'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'so pretty much everyone in the office knew about this belt fu thing?'

Yup, looks kinda elementary, but not half-assed."

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

"I guess theres no word on the little girl yet?"

"You have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex."

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

"Have you told Charles about it?"

"'yeah,' said Luis shaking his head. 'by now, i know exactly how his mind works--or doesn't work.'"

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'so how badly will Ted's death hurt our deadlines, anyway?'

"As it is," the chief went on magnanimously, "I will not arrest you at once. I will consider the matter."

The Drunken Forest by Gerald Durrell

"But you didn't realize that there were laws here, the same as anywhere else, did you, eh?"

"What I really was was naive."

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

"Who's go unusually high charitable deductions compared to the averages for his income level?"

"He knew they didn't want money."

The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter

"Then can you at least pretend to be nice?"

"She seethed, even as
She kept up her pretenses; ...; ʻIfʻ
(Lavinia thought) ʻhe does this openly,
Imagine what he does in secret!ʻ "

Fasti by Ovid tr. by Roland F. Perkins

". . .took to readying
The bridal suite, then entered it -- with whom
At his side!?"

'oh, that was the Vets from Hell development team. . .what a bunch of cutups.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'and what did that poor switchboard ever do to you?'

"I promised I wouldn't say..."

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

"Can you see this hypodermic needle?"

"Put me together a fix and I'll tell you."

The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston

"What will you trade?"

I put down the bucket a Sunshine cleaner them ladies is always smiling about on the tee-vee.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

What if they looked in my satchel?

"You'll find it interesting, I promise."

Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

"You know what my motto is?"

" ʻRemember that I am KING!ʻ?" (punctuaion added)

The Young Victoria (film)

"I like Schubert. I think perhaps YOU donʻt?"

Are we using film quotes now, too?

"Are we using film quotes...?" (138)

My very impartial answer (heh heh) is "Yes". I thought we were because certain DVDs appear as "books", or at least "works" in "Search".

"You really think you know me," Lila said contemptuously.

Fortune's Daughter by Alice Hoffman

"Just tell me -- is leaving New York the only thing that will cure you?"

"It's out of the question, I'm afraid. No one who knows the way will take you there now, it's too late for that, and you'll never find a way by yourself."

The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers.

"What is that contraption, one of your unperfected patents?"

"It's an ex-Army wagon," he explained. "Solid iron axles. Stripped it down to the running gear and had everything else rebuilt."

The Goodnight Trail by Ralph Compton

"Can you give us some idea of what the country ahead will be like?"

"The buildings are crumbling, moss grows in the streets, and garbage festers in the gutters."

The Wikkeling by Steve Arntson

"Would you like to sleep with us tonight, Henrietta?"

"Typical Jant, always thinking about sex."

No Present Like Time* by Steph Swainston

"Why are they sniggering?"

*2nd book from The Castle Omnibus

"They don't know what you eat," she said.

The Wikkeling by Steven Arntson

"Did you see the alerts on the school page?"

'Unfortunately, no."

A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

"So you read ancient Hebrew?"

ʻYou can gain a great deal from this book, even if you do not yet know the Hebrew Language."

The Secrets of Hebrew Words by Benjamin Blech

" ʻAre you not confident that you will soon be in a world much better than this one?ʻ "

They racked their brains, going over every movie and TV plot they had ever seen.

Let's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady

"What's in it?"

"In one column, she laid down the definitive theater etiquette, a reaction to all the bad manners she had witnessed as a member of so many audiences."

Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

"Do you object to women entering newspaper life?"

"That is part of the legend, but it isn't the truth."

What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

"And, most of all, what would women think?"

"Most of the women she met 'frequently expressed their admiration for the free American woman, many going as far as to envy me, while admiring my unfettered happiness.' "

Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

"Is it not a joy?"

"'those?' Rob exclaimed. 'but they're cartoons.'"

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what nude pictures do you think the note refers to?'

He remembered the picture of the large pink woman that was on the mantle above the gas-log fireplace.

Dog Company Six by Edwin H. Simmons

"Are you alone? Do you want to join us?"

"Not I. Couldn't if I wanted to. Wouldn't if I could."

Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

"Do you think murder is going to help your cause?"

"I don't know. I only know that whoever started the avalanche must have known the area well."

The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

"What brings a country boy to the big bad city?"

"...to bring the Con Edison to justice -- they will pay for their dasterdly deeds."

What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

"Are you a psychic, Douglas?"

"I beseech you tell the President what you have told and written that through my psychic influence on you he became candidate and beg him grant the prayer of my cable and reward faith and belief of these new-freed people - whose God he is - and save them freom approaching starvation by the immediate shipment of food. Starvation will produce the horrors of Bolschewismus which lies here on the frontier with no army to keep it out and hunger to incite it. Hunger breeds Bolschewismus. Food kills Bolschewismus. These long suffering newly liberated people must be saved from perishing."

Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

"Mr. President, she began, "Believe me if my communications were not more important than the Peace Conference for the safety of the world I should not ask for an interview at this time. But, of what use will be the Peace Conference or the League of Nations if meanwhile Central Europe becomes a second Russia?"

'i'd worry about that later. right now, i really needed to get some sleep.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'but what was her connection with Mutant Wizards?'

//#157 Bolschewismus? 'Bolshevism' auf Deutsch vielleicht?

"Quite simple," says he, taking a seat as cool as you please. "We have a mutual acquaintance. Mrs. Morrison of Renfrew is my sister. Elspeth is my niece."

Flashman by George MacDonald

'All right, blast you," I said. "How much do you want?"

158 mirrordrum Ja, ich glaube.

"Too late. Requests must be made more promptly if I am to comply."

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

"And is not the Power of Speech the greatest Power of all?"

"I doubt it," he said. 'The point is, were you silent in your drunken state or did you rave? A noisy drunkard is intolerable' a passive one may do in a pinch. At least, if he has money; money will excuse virtually any conduct in the army nowadays, it seems."

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser

"Well," says I at last, "There it is, but what have I to do with it? I mean, I'll just toddle off with rest won't I?"

"'later,' i said. 'after the police get here. when the police say you can.'"

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'why was Ted riding around trailing mouse cords?'

"National Guard. Sprinkled in with Chicago's finest. They're all gonna be dressed up in NBC suits so it won't make a damn bit of difference."

We All Fall Down by Michael Harvey

"So why not just evacuate? Why the quarantine?"

"You're just waiting until the poison wears off."

The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells

"You've got somewhere else you want to go?"

"I always stay at the Hotel Otsu on Lake Biwa, a few miles from Kyoto."

Dog Company Six by Edwin H. Simmons

"Can you remember all that?"

" It bewilders me."

Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence

"You don't believe im having any standard of behaviour at all, do you?"

"Knave, scoundrel, rapscallion, bounder, rogue!"

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

"Surely eminent Mr. Rashid is not dissatisfied with the arrangements?"

"Okay," I said. "That's bordering on cool."

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

"Why do I feel like I should be lying on a couch somewhere?"

"'i always try to see the best in every situation,' the bear advised, and fell off the desk."

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'how can Rob expect me to get to the bottom of some kind of wrongdoing if i have to spend all my time. . .listening to people's talking toys?'

" ' I'm blest if I know, ' came the good-humoured answer."

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

" 'Why should you always be doing?' she retorted."

"That takes some explanation,
Daughter Ismene: HEʻLL do more than talk;
Heʻll ACT!" (emphasis added)

Oedipus at Colonus by
Sophocles tr. by Roland F. Perkins

"The present situation
Then -- what is that?"

"This traditional Tibetan woman was willing to travel halfway across the world if it would improve the life of her daughter."

Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen

"Isn't it wonderful?"

"The statistics are against it."

A Very Political Lady by Judy LaMarsh

"Do you swear?"

"Oh yes," he said, 'too much."

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

""And do you feel like one of the damned?"

("NOT
That i knew about it)but
A State-ordered marriage took place;
The Goddess of Evil linked us
By a curse irrevocable."

Oedipus at Colonus b y Sophocles
tr. by Roland F. Perkins

"Do it MY way! Did I pass over
Any of YOUR needs?"

"I tell you, I don't believe in love like that. I tell you, you want love to administer to your egoism, to subserve you. Love is a process of subservience with you - and with everybody. I hate it."

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

"And you mean you can't love?"

"This is embarrassing!"

In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard

"Who's in charge here?"

'Never mind that. Tell me what is wrong, Sir Stephen.'

Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman

'What . . . you do not like his taste in clothes?'

"Oh, I think they're beastly. They're horrid."

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

"What do you think of that figure there? I want to know."

"As of press time, the police department has refused to comment."

Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Touchstones not working for book title)

"What the hell have you been doing all of this time?"

"I went and proposed to Ursual Brangwen to-night, that she should marry me."

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

"How do you know her so well?"

"I spent a year in the state juvenile facility."

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

"Aren't you going to ask why?"

'Frank, Jack and I looked at each other. Frankie shrugged. Jack shook his head.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what kind of suspicious call?'

"I'm not at liberty to say."

Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen

"Don't you want to knowwhich shirt on the table I'm thinking of?"

"Their anticipation was deep and thrilling."

Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen

"He started pointing at the sky and saying, 'Switzerland? Switzerland?' "

"the rest of the crew is spread out," Torrin said, "and I no longer have their locations."

The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter

"You don't call, you don't write, and you want hearts and flowers?"

"Yes, with a cuttlefish! You know (...) Mihail Semyonovitch is writing a work on the digestive organs of the ..."

Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoi

"Where does it hurt?"

"My leg. I can't stand on it. It must really be broken."

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

"What were you shouting about?"

"Why is it okay to smoke but not okay to chew? It pisses me off."

In Plain Sight by C.J. Box

"Did you two have a dustup?"

//186-189 marvelous!!!

"'you have no idea,' i thought, staring into the cracked mirror, fingering the bruises and lacerations that covered my face."

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'how do we know you're not just blowing smoke?'

ʻI donʻt think so. Why do you ask?"

Vienna Secrets b y Frank Tallis

"Could you find out?"

'i pondered for quite a few expensive long-distance minutes.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what business is it of yours if we're keeping a whole bevy of buzzards in our office?'

"Surely you realize we are only holding them for collection, not keeping them here overnight. I want them out!"

Winter Frost by R.D. Wingfield

"They're wrecking the place. What am I going to do with them?"

//#193 oh, DQ, how wonderful.

"'i haven't been able to find out for sure yet,' he said. 'but there very well may be a Virginia law against keeping buzzards captive.'"

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what if some of the people on the list aren't at Mutant Wizards?'

"Well, I like to give a person the benefit of the doubt."

Spooner by Pete Dexter

"...the goat's temperature topped out at 192?"

"Yeah. It's just that I didn't know how strange it was until recently."

In Plain Sight by C.J. Box

"You're kidding me, right?"

'he shrugged.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'is that a yes or a no?'

"After being on the stage & seeing more nearly the tinsel and brass of actor life, much as I should love to be a great star if I could), I have come to the conclusion that it is not worth trying for at the expense of health & peace of mind."

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen.

"What, then, was causing Louisa Alcott's many distressing symptoms?"

'last Friday, all day, she'd walked around with a spent staple stuck to the back of her calf, inside her pantyhose.'*

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'how do you like my new invention?'

*i can't believe i used to wear pantyhose. ngaaaah!

>199 mirrordrum: LOL!

"It is a strange world, and the strangest thing of all is how they treat their women."

Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said

"Well, have you ever been in really backward countries, in Teheran for instance?"

"'Living graciously in a single room,' she prompted.

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'is that likely?'

'An Asiatic room is always cool. During the night coolness fills it like water filling a well. And during the day one comes into it out of the heat as if into a cool bath."

Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

'What will you be doing in summer, Nino?"

"Never hurt to vaction with a friend."

The Darkest Secret by Gena Showlter

"Could he trust a single word from her deceitful mouth?"

"I grant you the woman's crazier than a loon,but that's a given."

Spooner by Pete Dexter

"You know she shoplifts?"

"Her life belongs to you. You can take it, you can spare it. The law permits either."

Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said

"What shall we do, Ali Khan? I do not know."

'. . .do unto him something at least as nasty and painful as he was planning to do unto you.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what do you mean, she left?'

"They're never really gone when there's still a chance they could gain something."

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

"Have you ever thought about what happens to the kids who get taken?"

"I've written to the newspaper again, about the brutal way children are treated. My God, what a fuss they made about that.."

Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said

'You just wait. He might kidnap me. What will you do then?"

'during the final clinches, each buxom blonde would already be planning to furnish her rescuer with a better wardrobe and contacts. . .'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'why in the world did Ted feel he had to hide them in his secret compartment?'

"I am sure that as a Teacher of Moral Philosophy you have an expert opinion...the insight of a learned man."

Duel by David Mulholland

"So, how did the poem get to Elizabeth?"

"I have heard it was your friend's fdoing."

Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

"Of what use is a school if what is taught there is nonsense, and what use is a hospital if it is the body that is healed there, but the soul is forgotten?"

"John...you're being naive!"

Duel by David Mulholland

"And have you succumbed to Henry's charms?"

"Well", I said doubtfully. "I suppose I could.

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

"Can't you tell me what your wife is afraid of?"

"One can't help believing in gentlemen with Roman noses, even if one meets them in omnibuses."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Is it his tie, Katherine, or his hair, or the way he sits in his chair?"

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!"

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

"Will you please come over near? Will you please look in my ear?"

"I trust you will not consider it too forward if I...no...I will say no more..."

Duel by David Mulholland

"Why at times do we lose our faculties?"

"It's a family tradition"

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"I had just written to say how I envied her! I was thinking of the big gardens and the dear old ladies in mittens, who read nothing but the Spectator and snuff the candles. Have they all disappeared?"

"I left them with the young girl the Lawyer employed to assist in copying documents."

Duel by David Mulholland

"Have you seen Mary?"

"I went to a tea party at her house."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Isn't that because you've forgoten how to enjoy yourself?"

'but i've spent a lot of hours playing the nude version--'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'how the hell do you stop this fool thing, anyway?'

"Mrs. Hansen says we should stop driving gas-guzzling cars and turn the heat down in our houses."

Free Fire by C.J. Box

"Do you want me to pick you up from school on a horse?"

"No, because we're not in the least ridicuculous. We're a middle-class family living in Highgate."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Are you related in any way, I wonder, to the poet Alardyce?"

"The son of the murder victim and the son of a person of interest."

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

"Is my brother home?"

"It's only Mr.Turner on the floor below."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Yes - but what's he like?"

"Some kind of freak."

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

"You don't believe me?"

"I didn't wish to believe it."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Where does this fellow come from?"

"One place in particular, way on the western side of the park, in Idaho. I hear it's beautiful."

Free Fire by C.J. Box

"What's he think he's doing here?"

"We have enough aristocratic Tibetan sons here."

Across Many Mountains by Yanggzom Brauen

"What do you want from a white man?"

"I thought I'd got rid of him for good. But here he is again, like a bad penny."

Free Fire by C.J. Box

"Where was he the day of the murders?"

"Ive not seen him since Christmas."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"D'ya think he ever passed this house?"

"Yes, it could be worth checking out, but don't get your hopes up."

The Stone Cutter by Camilla Lackberg

How does the prognosis look now?

"i'm afraid no third person can do anything to help."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Who is lying ill in bed, Katherine?"

"A nameless, confused Portuguese woman."

Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

"What's going on with your money?"

To irritate her further I paid with a twenty-dollar piece.

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

"Do you think your mangled, brainless horse can make it to the next town without hurling itself off a cliff?"

"Colonus, this seemingly
Pale region, is
Famous for its horses, Theban friend . . ."

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
tr. by Roland F. Perkins

"Which, among anxieties, is the real stifler?"

"Sweaty guys in loin cloths?"

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

"Did someone paint a target on me at work?"

'several people looked sheepish.'

Crouching buzzard, leaping loon by Donna Andrews

'what is it that's keeping you so busy, anyway?'

"?No one works harder than a woman with little children."

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Do you want to be working now?"

"Hard to say. Really hard."

Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

"Shall we see each other on Friday?"

"Sure, I can come along"

The Stone Cutter by Camilla Lackberg

"What's this crowd for?"

"Well, nobody seems to have an idea of that except the victims."

Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

"Will my death satisfy you?"

“The laws prohibiting suicide and providing punishment for any attempt at self-destruction have been repealed.”

‘The Repairer of Reputations’ in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

“Are you going upstairs to see the lunatic again?”

"I would like to send that wretch to the devil's clinic!"

China Star by Bartle Bull

"Did he ever tell you how he lost his hand?"

"Would you believe it? I still don't know."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"What can I tell you? "

"Tell 'em it's your day off. Tell 'em you've got gutters to clean out and a fence to fix."

Blood Trail by C.J. Box

"Did you forget about my mother on the ranch?"

'Yes, I was stupid!"

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"What do the doctors say?"

“The doctor can’t account for it; or else he will not,”

‘The Mask’ in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

“Are you posing, or are you executing a song and dance, my friend?”

"I don't know. Everyone's jumpy because of those other hunters who got shot."

Blood Trail by C.J. Box

"Have you been listening on your radio?"

"But they say war has been declared."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"Let's talk about serious matters. Have you been to the horseguards?"

"I didn't board voluntarily, didn't have the choice and don't know the name of the destination."

Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

"Was the designer drunk?"

"Wait. He's not drunk yet. Bring a bottle."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"So he may have something to drink?"

He accepted a glass of iced vodka from a harried waiter. "The Czar!" he called lifting his glass.

China Star by Bartle Bull

"What brings you to Paris?"

"I've come home to you, bringing a pregnant wife."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"Will she be confined soon?"

"Know that you don't end up here unless you've got a bun in the oven and no bastard to help you cook it."

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

"Can you cook?"

"Madame, I distrust my skill before such an audience."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"What have you done to Mademoiselle Scherer? Now she will be really ill."

“She dropped at my voice,”

‘The Mask’ in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

“In Heaven's name, why do you keep a small lake of that gruesome stuff here of all places?”

"Believe that the horrible smell in your fridge is going to save your life."

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

"What time of day do you think it is in Ireland?"

"You didn't think about it and you certainly didn't make it the cannon fodder of an academic career."

Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

"Can I use your phone?"

"I don't know, kid."

The Slum by Aluisio Azevedo

"Come to think of it, why the hell aren't you watering that gentleman's garden"

“who says there are no thunderstorms in April?”

‘The Mask’ in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

“For Heaven's sake, doctor, what ails him, to wear a face like that?”

"The need to kill was there in his expression. His liips were thinned, his teeth bared like an animal's. he was cold, capable of any deed."

The Nymph King by Gena Showalter

"What was his cousin angry about now?"

"Wasn't her husband convicted of trying to kill her?"

Blood Trail by C.J. Box

"Any idea how long you'll be gone this time?"

"We shall see that later."

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux

"You don't think, then, that the keeper knows anything of it?"

"Oh, he's only an ordinary unhealthy, everyday creature."

‘The Yellow Sign’ in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

“Do you think my flesh resembles green cheese?”

"there is one single moment when it all comes together and you realize that your milk has gone and your cheese is on its way."

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

"What's that about beans?"

"Everything's been arranged."

The Slum by Aluisio Azevedo

"I spoke with him and asked him in your name. I said you'd asked me to. Did I do something wrong?"

"Yes. Let us go in and I'll get myself some cheese and a roll."

War and Peace

"Is that what they hit you with?"

"I didn't cry or make a sound. But I was yelling bloody murder inside all the time."

Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

"Captain, what am I going to do?"

"You want chicken, you do hum-work."

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

"Why can't he just use a calculator like everyone else?"

“He took a pain o’ Friday, newralgie -”

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

“And why the puck don’t you let her out, you stupe, you?”

"And I beg of you not to meddle in what is not your business."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"But where have you been that you don't know what every coachman in town knows?"

"The cathouse."

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall

"You have other wives?"

"There you have the charms of camp life, Prince."

War and Peace

"What is the Commander in Chief doing here?"

*No reflection on our current Commander in Cheif!

CREON: " . . . . . and as the real
Ruler of Thebes, this is my personal
Responsibility. -- (sarcastically): Meanwhile I find you
Commander in Chief of Athenian forces
Attacking Thebes! So, go ahead, ʻCommanderʻ !"

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles tr. by Roland F. Perkins

OEDIPUS: "How does THAT strike you, authorities?"

"We have a saying. To cure a snake bite, it is necessary to cut the flesh."

Murder's Long Memory by Roderic Jeffries

"But why the hell would my father write to my mother in any sort of code?'

"I was going to ask you. I know nothing except it was all I could do to get here."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"You haven't read the letter?"

"The letter you wrote me, what, eight years ago?"

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

"What do you care about marriage vows?"

"That old couple - they were kinda sweet."

Below Zero by C.J. Box

"How long do you think Mom is going to be in there?"

"Wait till tomorrow morning; tomorrow we shall know everything."

War and Peace

'How is it she isn't feeling irked and ashamed?"

"..Leonie was a cocotte who charged at least thirty mil-reis and owned her own house."

The Slum by Aluizio Azevedo

"Why don't you make her swim in the sea?"

"That won't happen now and we're going to go through a period of adjustment."

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

"That dragon tattoo...Why did you get it?"

"I'll tell you sometime how it all happened."

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"What are you doing here, sir, and in a frock coat?"

". . . (You told me): 'You have no country!'
-- and no clothes either, you might well have added;
I was dressed just about as I am now.

Oedipus at Colonus tr. by Roland F. Perkins

" . . .Has the Greek-speaking stranger left us?"

"I don't know anything about that, but he makes me uncomrfortable."

War and Peace

"You have known Bezukhov for a long time, haven't you?"

"Not long. Not more than a minute."

Below Zero by C.J. Box

"Do you have any idea who he is?"

"Clearly a man of culture."

War and Peace

"Rides well, eh? Looks fine on a horse, eh?"

"Well, a girl needs to have some fun. Regardless of the situation."

The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen

"Does that mean that things are progressing?"

NEW GAME STARTING HERE.