A Silly Book Game Part 31

Continuing on with the game:

Lynn B posted:

"I expect you to take care of me."

The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung

"Who's your other cousin?"

"You know Parker," Mrs. Butters said, nodding towards the bald man.

Yesterday's Dead by Pat Bourke

"How old are you, dear?"

... she blushed, and became thoughtful.

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.

“How then are we to look for love in great cities, where selfishness, dissipation, and insincerity supply the place of tenderness, simplicity and truth?”

"It has to be face to face."

The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung

"Old Fang, will it make any difference if I wear a mask or not?"

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!

(The game continues from message #4 above.)

"You need something..."

Old Mountain - Castle Freeman Jr.

"What have you got?"

***#5 - Thanks Madeline - I knew I forgot something when I carried the thread over!***

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"Watch out my friend what you have there isn't a hand, it's a hydraulic press. I need violinist's fingers for my work with the firm"

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafron

"Your friend the inventor?"

"To which General Entrescu responded with a frank laugh, an open and crystalline laugh, a laugh that in Bucharest's most fashionable circles was described, not without a hint of ambiguity, as the unmistakable laugh of a superman....".

2666 by Roberto Bolano

" 'Do you believe in sunsets', asked Reiter, 'starry nights, bright mornings?' "

"I've had the fairy tale," Charming said. "The fairy tale sucks."

Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson

"Are you a damsel in distress?"

"I feel my troubles, and they make me contrairy. I wish I didn't feel 'em, but I do. I wish I could be hardened to 'em, but I an't."

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"Is she very angry with me?"

"help me, you know how hen-pecked I am."

Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg

"Is it fanciful to see that as a surrogate for the warmth of a loving mother?"

"i waved a hand. 'persiflage. chaff.'"

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'how did you know that thing was in that book?'

"I have taken the matter in hand, but have scarcely looked into the newspapers."

Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg

"Why did he lie to his wife so blatently?"

"But she can't explain any of this to her mother."

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean

"You are the one whom I've seen prowling the picture gallery?"

"I was down there. I guess five or six months."

Round Mountain - Castle Freeman Jr.

"Who's there now?"

"Michelle. She's waiting there for you now."

One Under by Graham Hurley

Are you sure she is your daughter?"

"Matters of such importance must be pursued with the greatest eagerness and tenacity."

Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg

"What am I supposed to do with a big empty house for the six months before my wife arrives?"

"Some files. Some chairs. You know. I don't know. Nothing."

Round Mountain - Castle Freeman Jr.

"How does your wife like it?"

"There was not a trace of agony in her expression. She appeared to be smiling. It looked to be a smile of joy."

Scandal by Shusaku Endo

"Did my husband give you the money?"

'hell, no. oh, my, no.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'how and in how many pieces?'

"Once cut, the sausage fell into pieces whose original design was all too evident. "

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

"How do you know?"

"We had a mutual friend."

Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith

"Were there any surviving witnesses?"

"His wife, but there's nothing much we can do if she won't tell anyone."

A Winter Kill by Vicki Delany

"Do you think he did it?"

"I couldn't rightly say, Apprentice."

Septimus Heap: Physik book three

"How is your dear adoptive brother?"

“He’ll be hanged yet, though every drop of water swear against it and gape at widest to glut him.”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

“... Had I not
Four or five women once, that tended me?”

"I neither loathed nor feared him."

Scandal by Shusaku Endo

"Did the police come to see you?"

"Yes. Did you not write it down?"

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

"You don't remember asking me to come over?"

“Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since.”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

“... But how is it
That this lives in thy mind?”

"In the interest of empirical research, I have been gathering family gossip..."

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

"Do you know what this means, Mom?"

"All the changes in the world for good or evil were first brought about by words."

The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Caroline Kennedy

"What men or gods are these?"

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

“... My brave spirit,
Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil
Would not affect his reason?”

"He knew you would understand. It all sounds so feasible, but I should have worked it out sooner."

Lazybones by Mark Billingham

"Fancy going to see a film tonight?"

"It frightens me, she smiled, to be frank."

Scandal by Shusaku Endo

"Well, if you'll forgive me asking, what are your views on sex?"

"He puffed. 'Bah!' He made a gesture of spitting, which i had seen him do only once before in the years i had lived under his roof."

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'are there any definite conclusions in your mind?'

"It'd be nice to have a woman."

Utterly Charming by Kristine Grayson

"All right, Mr. Blackstone," she said in her most haughty voice, "What can I help you with?"

“Go make thyself like a nymph o’th’ sea;”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

“Shrugs’t thou, malice?”

"Ppfft!"

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

"What about compassion?"

'yes. zat ees why i phone. what happen zis afternoon eet ees terrible!'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'and do you know who put it in your pocket?'

"I'm Miss Misinformation and there's nothing I don't know."

A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky

"Whatever made you faint?"

"I'm fine. It's the flashbulbs, that's all. They hurt my eyes."

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"Come to herd me outside?"

"I'm going to take care of you."

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

"Is that okay with you?"

'go suck an orange.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'was your mother ever in Ireland?'

"That's rather too much to hope for."

Pirate Kingby Laurie R. King

"I'll leave, but may I borrow your corkscrew?"

"Take it. It's all we have."

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"What woud your wife say to that?"

“The whole butt, man.”

The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

“Hast thou not dropped from heaven?”

"I traveled a long way for this celebration."

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"Are we going to toast?"

"I think maybe that's what you should do."

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

"What would it take for us to act like moral, upright, civilized human beings?"

"Thousands have tried, she used to say with a wicked grin..."

Kalki by Gore Vidal

"Can you fly a Learjet?"

#47 good one, bookwoman! :)

'sure. i'm good at that.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'what else could i say?'

"You could do it yourself, thank you very much."

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

"Mind if I go back to sleep now?"

'. . .Miss Lovchen, i would advise you to do nothing but eat and sleep.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'where did she get that name?'

". . .I was a middle-aged and aging woman who bore not the slightest resemblance to (the woman whose name was) Viola Brooke."

The Cannibal who Overate by Hugh Pentecost*

"What happened when you faced (Aubrey) Moon, Mrs. Haven?"

*Hugh Pentecost: pen name of Judson Philips.
The way Search handles the Philips/Pentecost
relation is puzzling; it includes a menu with one of
those unintended "Re-arrange the words" puzzles:

"Judson as Philips Pentecost Hugh"

"When I decoded to wear heels, I didn't know I was going to be running for my life."

Pursuit by Karen Robards

"Didn't I tell you going to the press was a bad idea?"

"The (Honolulu) Advertiser (even ) added fuel to the Land use Commission controversy by focussing on the commission chairman! . . ." (punctuation added)

To Catch A Wave by Tom Coffman* (non-fiction)

"Suppose you wanted to be governor of the Territory of Hawaiʻi?"

*Met author. He won the Hawaii Award For Literature
the year after Leialoha Apo Perkins won it.

'i couldn't say.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'what is it in you that requires satisfaction?'

"You want me to spoil the entire story for you?

Paper Towns by John Green

"Why are you wearing a dress, by the way?"

"We can sort this out over a cup of tea"

When God was a Rabbit- Sarah Winman

"Why are you doing this to me?"

Lena rocked her head back and laughed.

Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson

“Who’s doing all the painting and whatnot?”

"Well, he's Jewish."

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"Would you like some coffee, some tea?"

"Mmmm."

Murder in Mount Holly by Paul Theroux

"Might as well be there as any other place. What did you say they made there?"

"Guns. Bullets. Things the cangaceiros shouldn't get their hands on."

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"So you're selling them?"

"You don't think I do this for pleasure."

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

"Do you want the full treatment?"

"It's a big, up-front investment."

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

"Do you have a permit?"

"Every matuto has a rifle these days."

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"If we killed them, who'd get us bullets?"

"Only a common iron axe, I don't understand."

White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Paul Clayton

"Strange is it not, that this is going back home?"

"You don't know the half of it."

A Playdate With Death by Ayelet Waldman

"What did the rabbi say?"

" 'Hi! . . . Bet you hate this thing!' " (punctuation added)

Specimen Song by Peter Bowen

"You see this little sculpture? Means something, yes?"

"Not if he thinks the world is coming to an end."

Kalki b Gore Vidal

"Can't you see the signs?"

I've seen millions of them.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"Could you understand it?"

'i might and i might not.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'what about her épée?'

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

"Do you know where Pennsylvania is?"

"Well, maybe it's the Starbucks at the end of the block."

A Playdate With Death by Ayelet Waldman

"Want a mocha?"

"No, ma'am, I won't overdue it."

Ashfall by Mike Mullins

"Why'd he have to find our barn?"

//74 is this the real walklover or Joe masquerading as walklover?

'i don't know, but i'd like to find out.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'how long ago did you escape?'

"It's complex. We've had to make announcements, write letters, get a court ruling."

Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

"But what about the cello? Does he carry it around with him?"

"There were respiratory difficulties."

Kalki by Gore Vidal

"Where's my luggage?"

"Oh, if we could only remember..."

The Grandmother's Club - Alan Cheuse

"Am I losing control?"

“Nay, Mr. Campbell," said the landlord, “but ye shudna ha’ said thae things to him.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“You’re a good hand with the knife, aren’t you, old man?”

"People are not what they seem."

Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

"What is the extent of your knowledge about roofs?"

>75 mirrordrum: Hah! That was the real Walklover. This is Joe masquerading as Joe.

"You have laid a foundation that any edifice can be raised upon. Is it not a pity that you should devote the spring-time of your life to such a poor pursuit as I can offer?"

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"How can you be such a silly thing, as to sit there, telling such stories?"

"It's because of Biggles."

Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

"Why have you suddenly decided to write to me out of the blue?"

//#s76 and ff are marvelous. how're you like natural flights, Lynn? i thoroughly enjoyed it and missed them when it was over.

'i knew you would ask zat.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

"'Come come,' Wolfe said brusquely. 'What country? Germany? Russia? Italy? Yugoslavia?'"

"You probably think you're being kind, but I don't want to know about kindness."

I am absolutely loving Natural Flights of the Human Mind. Clare Morrall is becoming one of my favourite writers.

"Who exactly are you?"

'Zorka.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'do you intend to tell us the rest of your name or not?'

"That's Mimi."

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh

"Is that Charlotte? he asked with his head buried in a Willa Cather novel. "

"Very funny, she says."

The Grandmother's Club - Alan Cheuse

"Florette, he says, what are you doing here?"

"I'm Pete."

Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

"Who are you?"

“I couldna say at all,”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“How's Andy?”

He could not speak of this good friend of Emily's without a flow of tears.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"And do you wish me to go with you?"

"Do you think they want revenge?"

Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall

"And where is Andy? Does he have children?"

'a daughter is commonly considered to be a member of one's family.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'shall i go up for the roadster?'

“Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“Have you been borrowing push-bikes?”

"Five. They're deployed."

Force of Nature by C.J. Box

"Can we pull over and call for some help?"

"Are the Feds interested?"

Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman

"Interested but inert."

//#95 since there isn't a question in the question spot, i'll use the answer as the question. if you see what i mean.

'the G-man looked startled.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'how long were they sitting there before the rumpus?'

"Perhaps years."

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

"Well? Aren't you coming back?"

"Not I, perhaps, but I have brought a wise helper."

The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

"But who gives them orders?"

"I ask myself that all the time."

Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz

"How friendly are you with your neighbors?"

"Did you call them when you saw me outside? Are they on their way now?"

Force of Nature by C.J. Box

"Where are you going?"

"I am going hot-foot back to the Man-Pack."

The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

"What will they do?"

"They (are likely to become) contractors for public rest rooms
and -- why not everything?! -- since they are the ones . . .
that Fortune has exalted every time she wants to play a joke." //
"Conducunt foricas, et --- cur non omnia?! - - cum sint /
Quales . . .extollit quotiens voluit Fortuna iocari."

Juvenal: Satire 3 by Decimus Decius Iuvenalis Ed. by G. G. Ramsay

"And what about the fact that this same (poor man) is an easy target, in that he becomes both the cause and
the substance of everyoneʻs (crude) jokes?
// Quid quod materiam praebet causasque iocorum / omnibus hic idem . . ?."

“He wasn’t a man I liked, but I’m sorry in a way to think I’ll never pull his leg again.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“Ye’re not meanin’ tae tell as the puir man was murdered?”

"He's still alive."

Sweet Tooth - Animal Armies by Jeff Lemire

"We're never gonna get out of here, are we?"

"In the distance a group of men were walking in the other direction like they were half-drunk or exhausted or just couldn't care where they might be going. He wanted to run and join them, but knew he could not."

Absolution by Patrick Flanery

"Why did you stay there so long when it was clear the neighborhood was no longer safe for a woman such as yourself?"

“It’s such a dreadful thing to have to tell you – just consider – but I’m sure you will understand – in my sad, lonely position – I – oh! I don’t know how to say it.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“Oh, my God! Why did I ever come here?”

"Tomorrow, I suppose we blunder on and hope for luck to aid us."

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

"Do you think I should go back and look for her?"

“Oh dear no,” said Wimsey. “But I’m not stupid.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“Can you give me a bit of breakfast?”

'500 cases of beer or 600 pounds of caviar.'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'Grand Dieu! is she dead?'

“I’d like to tell everyone that it wasn’t murder.”

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers.

“You do believe that, don’t you?”

"I'm beginning to think not."

Murder Past Due by Miranda James

"What are you doing sitting out here?"

"I was hoping to lure you to a dive bar tonight to watch the game."

Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz

"So, how have things been going with this imaginary girlfriend of yours?"

"Your actions are indecipherable to me."

Absolution by Patrick Flanery

"What on earth do you mean, Mother?"

"Just getting old, Charlie. And tired."

Murder Past Due by Miranda James

"How many papers are we talking about?"

"'here.' she reached to hand him a paper."

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'what are you in your opinion, a rock in Durmitor for a goat to stand on?'

"Just then you sounded very much like your father the lawyer."

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

"Did Mom hear you say that?"

"You're one to talk."

Dark Life by Kat Falls

"Don't you want to live with your family?"

"I thought that might be your reaction."

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

"Sir, do you know where I might find Dr. Joseph McDowell?"

"You don't need to know about that! I've told you too much already. Why do you want all this information, anyway?"

Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

"Scared, Princess?"

"You'll have to kill the king, if you ever want him to stop chasing us."

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

"How much of the fight did you see?"

"I saw He was poised to sing."

The Essential Gnostic Gospels by Alan Jacobs

"When you're in the Light, what will you do?"

'Ha! you juicy girls with your busts swelling with ardor for the heroics of past centuries. pah!'

Over my dead body by Rex Stout

'do the rats still gather crumbs from under the Donevitch table?'

"... Eat from my plate and drink from the vessel I drink from; for it can be said of knight errantry as of love: that it puts all things on the same level."

Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

"Do you know what is happening in our place, fellows?"

At the very least, there has been a mistake of the utmost carelessness."

Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry

"And what will you do?"

"Well! There was no hope for it, and now Maggie could think of no comfort but to sit down by the holly and wander the hedgerow, and fancy it was all different, refashioning her little world into just what she should like it to be."

The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot

"Was it the tipsy-cake?"

"That's a pretty good guess."

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge

"How does one change a situation that has a psychic but not a material reality?"

He filled with his mind with all that he read ..., with enchantments, quarrels, battles, challenges, wounds, wooings, loves, torments and other impossible nonsense, and so deeply did he steep his imagination in the belief that all the fanciful stuff he read was true, that to his mind no history in the world was more authentic.

Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

"What's preventing you from making it, sir, and teaching me as well?"

"I was interrupted by a knock on the door."

Twice in a Blue Moon by Patricia Moyes

How about that for a theory?

I pointed out to him that a pattern was emerging.

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge

"But why was he unable to recall his adolescent memories?"

"... he passed sleepless nights trying to understand them and disentangle their meaning, though Aristotle himself would never have unravelled or understood them, even if he had been resurrected for that sole purpose."

Don Quixote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

"Why do these two lords hate one another, then?"

"Coltain's a snake," the captain said, "if that's what you're asking."

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Feeling any better?"

"It is not uplifting to live without a bathroom."

Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing by Katherine Ashenburg

"Oh, why had he neglected the bath that morning, the shave, the change of linen?"

"Oh, Tom!"

The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot

"May I come again, the - tomorrow - or the next day - or next week?"

"You're psychic...I was just thinking of it."

Quentins by Maeve Binchy

"Mother, can I take you out and buy you a hat?"

"Well...how gallant of you, child."

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valentine

"Can't you see my wings?"

"Laws, yes!" said Jimmie.

each little bird that sings by Deborah Wiles

"It's much nicer sitting in vegetation than it is in that stuffy old house, isn't it?"

"And how could you think o' going to the pond, and taking your sister where there is dirt?"

The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot

"What the father would say if Maggie was lost?"

"The circle is missing a piece."

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

"Got any other charming talents?"

"Perhaps I exaggerated."

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Do we follow it?"

You are going," Angus Watkins said, "to a circus."

The Spy With His Head In The Clouds by Marc Lovell

"What time does the show start?"

"Oh, I don't know."

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

"Will you go over to Paris and see Charlie?"

"I don't trust his age and I don't know what he's after."

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

"Which side to join?"

"I've no employment for you until you decide to help us."

Fire by Kristin Cashore

"Is there something you want me to do?"

"It's all work. They's too much of it to split it up to men's or women's work. You got stuff to do. Leave me salt the meat."

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

"Ma, what stuff we gonna take from here?"

"We don't want anything."

The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot

"...are you going to stand talking with packmen till you get murdered in th' open daylight?"

"There is no immediate danger."

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

"But why didn't you tell him to go to hell?"

"Ladies and gentlemen: tequila!"

Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman

"What kind of man do you think I am?"

"I think you're detestable. You're the most loathsome beast that it's ever been my misfortune to meet.

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

"Why do you seek my acquaintance?"

"You lit up with blue fire, Mage. Never seen anything like it."

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Something on your mind, soldier?"

"My wife has left me."

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

"Is there anything in the paper?"

"If anything appears in print describing the conditions here, they will assume that you have broken your word, and at the very least, you will lose your journlistic accreditation."

Zoo Station by David Downing

"Who made the complaint?"

"Strickland was not sympathetic to me. He was an idle, useless scoundrel, who preferred to live with native women rather than work like the rest of us."

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

"Don't you know why he married her?"

"Fr Gaunt says it was thirty-six lashes of a cat-o'-nine-tails, but that sounds much too harsh."

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

"What's that stuff all over you?"

"Soon there's going to be hell to pay."

Lila Says by Chimo

"So where is he, this guy I love?"

"...a small lumber town, population 2,000, smack in the middle of the province of British Columbia."

The New Entrepreneurs by Andrew Heintzman

"How long can I last like this?"

'five minutes.'

Girl meets boy by Ali Smith

'did any light get down there from the sun?'

"The fairest Sun that ever has dawned upon Thebes, the City of Seven Gates!"

Antigone, Oedipus the King and Electra by Sophocles

'What further charge, then, do you lay on us?"

"That was yesterday afternoon. I'm writing it down tonight."

Lila Says by Chimo

"You thought about the camera?"

"In a second, no more, the camera would be gone."

Stay Close by Harlan Coben

"Wait, so you lost today's pictures?"

"I . . . I can't actually recall."

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Tell me, what do you see?"

"I see much to make me unhappy, Sahib."

The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly

"Who took these?"

"If it's any consolation, the clams were delicious."

Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis

"If I got caught breaking and entering, do you know what that would mean?"

"Yes, Naurung. But I'm afraid what you have to say raises as many questions as it answers."

The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly

"Your servants saw nothing? Heard nothing?"

'You may find it's rather distracting for people when all their windows shatter at once."

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

"How am I going to conceal this thing?"

“... it’s no use making a mystery.”

‘A Horseman in the Sky’ from The Realm of the Unreal and Other Stories by Ambrose Bierce.

“Did you fire?”

"You'll just have to trust me on that one, sir."

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"What can I teach you?"

"The elder statesmen were most interested in learning the shape of the galleon that was about to be constructed."

The Samurai by Shusaku Endo

"The bodies of those foreigners stink, don't they?"

"Great heavens! I was just about to say the same to you!"

The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly

"So what are you suggesting, Commander?"

"Personally, I'd like to believe that there's more here than just a smell."

Making Rounds With Oscar by David Dosa

"Do you need reinforcements?"

"It's not useful unless you're trying to accomplish something specific."

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

"Why storm in here and fire those things at us and then knock us all out?

"Maybe not out of anger."

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux

"Didn't anyone read that book about the massacres in Rwanda?"

"He said some woman did."

A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes

"What does she look like?"

"That sight made my day seem even hotter."

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux

"So women are all the same?"

"Very funny, Roy. Allison will not be pleased with that statement!"

Dead Man's Footsteps by Peter James

"Anybody got any rope?"

"I'm glad it's a hanging crime."

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

"Why did you have to do something so blazingly stupid?"

"What a thing to say, prince! Bite it back, and let it stay behind your teeth."

The Iliad by Homer

"Father Zeus, have you nothing to say to these violent doings?"

"What could be better?"

Among Others by Jo Walton

"Are the fairies looking after you?"

“No, madam, but such ill-looking fellows are not worth having.”

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.

“Art thou in thy senses, Annette?”

"I sort of am."

The Silver Needle Murder by Laura Childs

"How exactly did you get this number?"

"In Singapore, in the airport,
a darkness was ripped from my eyes."

New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver

"Who has it, and who doesn't?"

"We'll say I'm the one who's having it."

Mister Sandman - Barbara Dowdy

"What'll get you on your feet, Belle?"

"Café negro. Café with canela. Café with goat's milk. Café with a golden-brown cone of piloncillo melting in it like a pyramid engulfed in a black flood. Tropical café with a dollop of sugarcane coiling in it like a hot snake. Bitter mountaintop café that thickened the blood."

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

"Is it sweet?"

"You're changing the subject, Quick Ben. Nice try."

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

"Is anyone else hungry?"

"You don't have to eat the pie all in one bite! Nobody's going to take it away from you!"

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

"Do you have another?"

"No, I don't think so. I'm being fitted for new ones anyway."

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

"How do we know we've been kind?"

"You feel it."

The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

"You mean the angels didn't tell you?"

"I'll give you the details--it's the Smolensky cemetery."

Pravda by Edward Docx

"Why, in the name of heaven's fat white rolling arse, is everything I attempt so utterly wretched?"

"You're quite wrong about that, Sandilands.

Ragtime in Simla by Barbara Cleverly

"I am addressing an admirer of Kim, I take it? But how did you guess that I too ...?"

"You are journeying to the clans - I see the truth of that in your eyes."

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

"Why didn't you explain all this earlier?"

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that."

Skeleton Letters by Laura Childs

"Am I that big a jerk?"

"I look upon you as domineering, but protective."

Remembrance by Theresa Breslin

"Why did you not speak of this before?"

"Troop, you must know I have no authority."

Ragtime in Simla by Barbara Cleverly

"What are you implying?"

"Can't take a joke," he muttered through puffed lips.

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

"Who paid?"

"I handed the last of my FECs to the waitress and we walked out of the cool interior into the sauna-like heat of a Rangoon afternoon."

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin

"How did you endure it?"

"We won't say a word about it, for every one must be happy today."

Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott

"Is it all burnt up?"

"We think so."

Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods

"What happened to his hand?"

"I don't think this is something you need to worry about right now."

The Wedding Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

"Is it possible you've remembered the dates wrong?"

"No, she said flatly."

Pravda by Edward Docx

"But what if there's a terrorist attack and everyone panics and we can't get to the bar?"

"I live on an organic farm about fifteen miles from here. It's pretty cool at night, to walk around. We could go out there and I'll drive you back when you're ready."

Wild: Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed

"You live in a teepee?"

"Of course. Up near the Carbine boundary."

Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland

"What are you actually doing up there?"

"I've been down a dark alley with a suspect.

Wild Goose Chase by Terri Thayer

'Did you understand anything you just said?"

"Everybody else did."

Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay

"What happened to the inspector?"

"Dr. Swenson buried him at the research station where she works."

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

"Do they make it a practice of killing anyone who finds out their secret?"

"It will pass, it will pass, dearie. Pay it no mind."

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

"How now, you crook, what sort of road are you driving on?"

"Well, now, there's an easy explanation but you have to be a little loose in your thinking."

Alone in the Classroom by Elizabeth Hay

"What became of Syd?"

"There was nothing to hold on to."

Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson}

"Will you write to me?"

"Not anymore."

Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson

"Why not?"

"It's just too difficult and I need to concentrate on getting my diploma."

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

"Have you written your essays yet?"

" 'No, no,' she stammers, distracted."

The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig

"What has happened to me?"

"I think you were upset by the disagreement earlier."

Mutiny: A Novel of the Bounty by John Boyne

"Are you of a nervous nature?"

Arthur remained very worried.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

"How can anyone maintain a positive mental attitude if you're saying things like that?"

"A crew working together harmoniously will never give cause for the boson's lash to make an appearance. And I believe we can do it."

Mutiny: A Novel of the Bounty by John Boyne

"You haven't been to sea before, have you, Turnip?"

"Can we for the moment," called Ford, "assume that he hasn't?"

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

"But what does it mean?" cried Arthur.

"Use a broom, idiot."

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

"What shall we bring you next?"

"You got a towel with you?" said Ford suddenly to Arthur.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

"Why? What, no ... should I have?"

"I should have thought it was plain to see."

Mutiny: A Novel of The Bounty by John Boyne

"What of the sails?"

"We'll let you know when to bring them in."

The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

"Where have you been, Tim?"

"I had to go in the john and shut the door to get some quiet."

The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion byh Alice Kkimberly

"So it's all coming up roses, right?"

"Everyone in the Kingdom says so."

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

"What did you think of just now?"

"...I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

"Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?"

"On these streets, baby, a nice guy rep will land you six feet under. Wake up and smell the coffee"

The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly

"What happened today?"

"Oh ... I was just in a bad mood."

Happy Birthday, Turk by Jakob Arjouni

"And that's why you beat people up?"

"Vengeance, I suppose."

The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly

"For what?"

"Archie examined the underlying logistical problems and came up with a solution."

Matters of Honor by Louis Begley

"Did you like it?"

"We've not seen anything of the sort before, that's all. Personally, I find it interesting"

The Plague by Albert Camus

"Look here, I'm off to the laboratory; like to come with me?"

"Oh --no. Sir, I don't have the time. Jim can do that --"

The Strain by Guillero Del Toro

"Shouldn't we enforce the Health Powers Act?"

"Now's as good a time as any."

The Burning by Jane Casey

"May I ask why you're here?"

"It's a very serious and very sad story."

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

"How can I get the centipede to stop dancing?"

"I suggested we talk about it over a couple of teas."

Matters of Honor by Louis Begley

"For God's sake, will you please explain yourself?"

"I meant to tell you before, but - but I forgot. The fact is I broke that cup when I was in the morning-room yesterday."

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

""Is anything the matter, Madam?"

"Schrodinger's dead cat is alive after all."

Saturday by Ian McEwan

"What's wrong with him?"

"Jealous, I suppose."

The Burning by Jane Casey

"Is there anything you don't eat?"

"Mrs. Brompton's Apple Cake!"

Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

"What's the matter with her? Is something stuck in her throat?"

"Not that I can think of, sir."

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

"By the way, do you think anyone saw you up there?"

"A group of teachers at the Loudon Academy of Science..."

Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

"Why do men have nipples?"

"I don't see why not."

Murder Past Dueby Miranda James

"She left both her first husband and her son?"

'she'll probably walk in again tonight.'

The flight of the maidens by Jane Gardam

'did we say we'd do it eau-de-nil?'

"Naturally, I want to reduce expenses to a minimum."

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

"Do you hope for sizeable profits?"

"Look here, fellas, we all lost the bet."

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

"Would you carve your name into that?"

"What a stupid thing to do!"

A Red Herring Wkithout Mustard by Alan Bradley

"What is this place?"

"Durango, California
(Pop. 9,861)
The City that God Forgot"

The fourth Durango by Ross Thomas

'why would God bother to forget Durango, Chief?'

What the hell are you talking about, Daniel"

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

"Where are our parents?"

'AA meeting?'

The fourth Durango by Ross Thomas

'what really happened to the money?'

'We will give you the money."

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson

''And the baby?"

"It is hard to say, but there is a distinct avidness in his gaze this morning."

House of Chains by Steven Erikson

"Tell me, where are their horses right now?"

"Outside a door in a housing block in Pimlico."

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson

"Do you think that will work?"

"Another hour and he should be ready."

Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill

"Been visiting with your gynecological nurse, have you, Madame Daeng?"

"I don't know what you mean."

A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson

"Do you think I would recognize her?"

"Well, she does look like most other skinny old ladies."

Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill

"So do we assume she was sitting there all afternoon in her wheelchair?"

"You are wiser in these ways than I, Chosen One."

House of Chains by Steven Erikson

"Will you not help?"

"I'll try but I can't make any promises"

King of the Streets by John Baker

"Hasn't your therapist helped?"

"At least that was the theory."

Bolivia: Gate of the Sun by Margaret Joan Anstee

"You are a foreigner?"

"I am back from France and it is a release."

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry

"Is Jack home?"

"Sitting on the hood of his car, happy as a clam, having himself a picnic."

XO by Jeffery Deaver

"Did you get a look at who was watching you?"

"Ooh, Oscar Schmidt. I'm shaking in my boots."

Dream Team by Jack McCallum

"Do you realize who is gambling in my casino right now?"

"No, and I don't care."

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

"But what about the lady?"

"I haven't seen her since."

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano

"How did your husband win you?"

“I don’t quite know myself, sir, except that master was found in his room senseless, with the sheets all bloody, and a wound on his head.”

The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker.

“Is he the same towards the other mummies in the house?”

"You really think turning him into a hero is going to make up for every terrible thing we've ever done?

Dollhouse - Epitaphs by Joss Whedon

"Do you think we read the ciphers wrong?"

“Some day, perhaps soon, I shall know all; and then we shall go over it together.”

The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker.

“Is that story of the sarcophagus told yet, Father?”

"I don't have anything to say to the Post."

The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews

"Isn't Agent Allgood joining us tonight?"

“He never came back again.”

The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker.

“How is that, sir, if I may ask?”

"The food is terrific."

Wedding Cake by Lynne Hinton

"What kind of child doesn't tell her mother she's engaged?"

"Word has leaked out, has it?"

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

"Do you want me to start crying and beg your forgiveness?"

“Come, none of that.”

The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker.

“Is that a coffin you have with you?”

'well, speak to the poor thing.'

the Sidmouth letters by Jane Gardam

'is he a spy or something?'

"You can trust him."

The Neruda Case by Roberto Ampuero

""What are you doing in Cuba?"

"Thought I might drink some whiskey."

Resolution by Robert B Parker

"You care to climb down from there and join me?"

"I'd say imminently."

I am Not Sidney Poitier - Percial Everett

"Why are you staring at me?"

'you're not going to Harrods in bedroom slippers, Nellie!'

The Sidmouth letters by Jane Gardam

'do you do any painting?'

"I've already told you I'm a poet."

The Neruda Case by Roberto Ampuero

"Do you write poems on that machine?"

"With pleasure, answered the parachutist, smiling at Billie like n one ever had."

Children in Reindeer Woods by Kristin Omarsdottir

"Would sir like me to carry his shoe and guitar case?"

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