A Silly Book Game Part 35

playing off:
a very young Bob Dylan singing "That's alright mama" with Johnny Cash

Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas

"Will you leave something as a deposit?"
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"One kiss"

Regeneration by Pat Barker

"I don't suppose you're allowed to take anything off?"

"Take anything you like, then get out."

Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indriðason

"Is it secret wishful thinking?"

"I'd love to lie on a cloud one day but you can only do that when you're dead"

Child of all Nations by Irmgard Keun

"Did you allow that French coffin-maker to write you love-letters?"

"It's a complex situation."

Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico by C. M. Mayo

"Ok, how many chickens do you have?"

"One hundred million"

Fragrant harbour by John Lanchester

-We would like to offer you a job.
-What?

"Unrivalled Ruler"

Ataturk by Andrew Mango

"But can we be confident of the consequences?"

(thanks for keeping it going, LynnB !!)

"She had failed to be house-trained in the middle of Johnny's bed"

Poison for Teacher by Nancy Spain

"I suppose you think that jest because I'm on'y an all-in wrestler an' night-club proprietor an' Australian at that, 'at I've no culture?"

"There are complaints wherever we go."

Ataturk by Andrew Mango

"Have you seen the behaviour of the man you have elected mayor?"

"I think he wants a picture of us."
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The Lost Girls: Three Friends, Four Continents, One Unconventional Detour Around the World by Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbtt, and Amanda Pressner

"Have you been doing yoga for a while?"

"It's good for wrinkled kneecaps"

The Cruise of the Talking Fish by W E Bowman

"Come and have a cocktail. What'll it be?"

"...a hogshead of mead."

Johnson's Life of London by Boris Johnson

"Is it soup? Is it a mousse?"

“... coldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwidgespottedmeatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater –”

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

“Is it so nice as all that?”

"I had boiled fish and tallow and cod-liver-oil in my sucking-bag long before I was a year old and throve well on it"

Independent People by Halldor Laxness

"What did you do with the geese I gave you the other day?"

"Maybe I shouldn't have taken them overseas."

Accusation by Catherine Bush

"What would you have me do?"

"Spit on Owad"

A House for Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul

-What is it? Boy or girl?
-Boy, boy. But what sort of boy?

"Hmpf. Now I grow curious."

The Demon's Parchment by Jeri Westerson

"Why don't you go down and find out?"

"Another man wouldn't even ask a thing like that. I wouldn't ask it."

A House for Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul

"You - are you a member of the Communist Party?"

"Well, sometimes yes, sometimes but mostly not. Really not at all."

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

"What happened when the police came to your house?"

He decided to maintain a prudent silence, never published his findings, and it was only with difficulty that I got his permission to mention his results without betraying his name.

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond

Aren't there easier ways to seduce a sex partner than to take piano lessons for ten years?

"Of course, I understand it...I just don't have time for it."

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

"Excuse me, you're who again?"

"A little scared rabbit"

Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner

"You are a good barber...why did you quit?"

" I never make plans that far ahead "

Casablanca - the movie from the unproduced stage play-Everybody Comes To Rick's by

Murray Burnett & Joan Allison

" Here's looking at you,kid"

PS: Am I playing the game correctly, first attempt?

you have to pose a question from the text of the book for the next person to answer.

welcome to the game!

(playing off #22 altho' it wasn't a question)

"I'm sorry and I can't think what I must have looked like"

The Woman Novelist and other stories by Diana Gardner

"Where would be the harm of looking into the box beneath Miss Carmichael's bed?"

"You mentioned opium ..."

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

"Am I ... am I in danger from the drug?"

" It does rather." said .....

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence

" Shall I try" ?.....

"Of course you must."

Collected Stories by William Faulkner

-I got to go...to that war.
-Before we even finish gittin' in the firewood?

"Well, it's the Ottawa bureaucracy and there's a storm rolling in."

The Poisoned Pawn by Peggy Blair

"What about the gun?"

" For God's sake!"

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence

" Have you hurt yourself?"

You see. It was right to make an appointment.

Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada

-Now please do show us a suitable jacket.
-How do you like this one, Madam?

" She's getting thin...angular.It's not her style.She's not the pilchard sort of ......"

Lady Chatterley's Lover -- D H Lawrence

" How do you know I can?"

"I'm tempted to say something cranky and sarcastic, but..."

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

"What's not to like?"

"I'm so glad you liked it, Aunt Jessie. It only got here in the nick of time."

A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair

-She - she wanted me to stay.
-Well, why didn't you?

" Oh,do!"

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence

Was he really listening ?

"You're not one to care what the world thinks"

A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair

"What have you been doing with that man?"

"We all know the facts and figures."

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King

"You like golf?"

"Please," Ursula said. "I've got an awful headache."

Life After Life by Kay Atkinson

"You had a baby in California?"

"It does not belong to you"

Collected Stories of william Faulkner by William Faulkner

-We cannot eat them.
-Why not?

"Its typical mode of transmission is fecal-oral."

How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Moshin Hamid

"Will you be all right?"

"If there weren't a war on, I'd never be doing landwork"

The woman novelist and other stories by Diana Gardner

"I haven't been on deck for a week. Supposing I go overboard?"

"Don't worry about it. You're strong."

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

"Where are your parents?"

"In a noose"

The Woman Novelist and other stories by Diana Gardner

"Why don't you like Hitler?"

"It's just a shame he's a dictator with no respect for the law or common humanity."

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

"He likes women, children, dogs, really what can you fault?"

ETA: The character here is really writing about Hitler. That was too easy!

"My nephew is a blockhead"

Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac

"What is a bankrupt, Father?"

"A compliment, coming from you."

How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

"Why do you not burp?"

How crude! How extraordinarily unsophisticated!

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

"What does a baby smell like is what I want to know?"

You're lucky you have never had to experience this.

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

" Don't say such things!"

"Confusion reigned."

Old Enough to Fight by Dan Black

"What information have you obtained?"

" Your husbands are not heroes. And ...."

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

" Can you imagine ?"

razz, you are supposed to pose a question in your second quote.

(playing off a non-question)

"A seven year old boy, cussing!"

The Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner

"What can I do to make you marry me?"

I have amended with a question @ Msg 49

"Again these lies".

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

"Can you see that?"

"I don't want to see it FRIGHTFULLY"

The Aloe by Katherine Mansfield

She never knew men wore earrings....
"Do they come on and off?"

This game is very interesting, used your creativity,pick an original question from any fiction book,and posed another question, a dialogue is "born".

" What does he say?"

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

" Why are you telling me this?"

"You're right, Grady, I know better and I just ought not be doing it."

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

"Is that on your diet?" (ice cream)

"I threw out the lunch you had...It didn't smell good."

Crossing the Continent by Michel Tremblay

"Have you got a stomach ache?"

"You know a hog will eat anything."

Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

"What's the worst job you ever had, Smokey?"

" Not at all."

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence

" Why not? but why not ?"

"Two bad things will happen today."

The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem

"How do you know?"

"I shall not tell you."

The Longest Journey by E M Forster

"Is the cow there or not?"

"Gone. Forever."

The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem

"How can you possibly know that?"

"If you speak of it again, your tongue shall be cut out and fed to the dogs!"

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

What is your opinion of your own execrable vanity?

"I owe it all to your mom."

The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem

"Where is she? Do you know where she is?"

Luckily, my parents were about to leave on their second expedition to Africa to collect bird skins for Yale.

In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the Field
by Bernd Heinrich

How much energy are they able or willing to spend?

"As little as possible, dear one."

The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem

"Where are they?"

"Ironing my jade-green saree"

Monkfish Moon by Romesh Gunesekera

"Did you like the crabs?"

"I would rather a roasted chicken..."

The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan

"You seen my sister?"

"No, I made sure of that, you needn't be afraid."

Julia by Otto de Kat

"Tell me what it's like at that Helios club of yours. So there's dancing, but what else do you do?"

"Wanna-be rock stars and groupies waited on line at night to get into clubs on Sunset Boulevard, reveled in both the music and the scene, then crashed in the bedrooms of Laurel Canyon."

A Natural Woman by Carole King

"Why not us, maaaan?"

"The mockery and talk would go on for months in the officers' mess."

Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig

-Are you out of your mind?...Didn't you notice?
-...Didn't I notice WHAT?

"No photographs allowed in the library."

The Reading List by Linda Kay

"Who do you think committed the crime at the Lafayette Bar & Grill?"

"A caryatid from a temple facade come to life."

The Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner

"Her marry? What for?"

"Kids are tough. But she isn't a kid anymore."

The Forgotten by Faye Kellerman

"What about Karl?"

"I think you're crazy."

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

"He's a bit looney, isn't he?"

"You weren't very polite."

The Hopkins Manuscript by R C Sherriff

"Hullo, old boy, how are the chickens?"

"They work without pay."

Great Canadian Speeches by Dennis Gruending

"Who will oppose our plan of progress?"

"A solitary fat man in gaiters."

The Hopkins Manuscript by R C Sherriff

"Where's the moon?"

"The facts are clear and speak for themselves."

Great Canadian Speeches by Dennis Gruending

"Why did we abandon our farmers?"

"They got themselves tied into such a tight knot that neither of them could do anything more."

The Story of Little Black Quibba by Helen Bannerman

"Oh, Mr Elephant, do you know any place where mangoes grow?"

" I beg your pardon."

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"You can talk as you eat, can't you?"

"I wiped the blood from my ears and tried to coax saliva into my parched mouth."

The Hopkins Manuscript by R C Sherriff

"Why had I left my house in Beadle Valley?"

" So it is."

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"And what may that be ?"

"The welfare of the world, he said, depended on the good education of princes."

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda Carter

"Can I ask you a favour?"

'Sure, but ...'

Black Skies: An Inspector Erlendur Novel
by Arnaldur Indriðason

'Are you going to repeat everything we say?'

" Nothing,ma'am nothing."

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"What foolery is this?"

'It's almost impossible to find out what's going on because of the confidentiality laws in the tax havens.'

Black Skies: An Inspector Erlendur Novel
by Arnaldur Indriðason

'Do you think that was fair?'

"I don't see that any normal person could do otherwise."

The Hopkins Manuscript by RC Sherriff

(re: ship run aground in a meadow)

"How do you suggest they move it?"

"I can't pretend to read the riddle"

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda Carter

"What if he started to interfere with army policy?"

" No, because you can never make up your mind about anything."

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

" How do you know this ? "

"I got a letter from my brother"

The Ballad of the sad Cafe by Carson McCullers

"Did you have a good time in the penitentiary?"

It was spooky.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen

But, hey, don't we all like a dramatic story better than a complicated one?

"I happen to know that's not true."

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

"Why wasn't she in school?"

"Hardly anyone comes back after the first day."

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

"Are you like, investigating?"

"Father says I ought to be making myself useful."

The Milly-Molly-Mandy Story Book by Joyce Lankester Brisley

"Why're there all these little holes in the lawn?"

" I like it this way,"

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

"Why do you tell me this?"

"Can you take a message?"

The Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez

"Sam, what are your thoughts about a dowry?"

" Not so good,"

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

" Tss! Why you listen to her?"

"Lidiya is sexy woman. long legs - bazooms - good looking."

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

"What ages wood?"

" I don't know,"

Sonny's Blues and Other Stories by James Baldwin-

" Do you have a better idea?"

taken from a mini-book of the Penguin 60s series published on the occasion of Penguin's 60th anniversary- orange series - 60 mini-books

http://www.librarything.com/publisherseries/Penguin+60s

"A plate of blackberries with sugar and cream!"

The Milly-Molly-Mandy storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley

Grandma, please will you teach me to knit a kettle-holder?"

"Sorry. I didn't bring my glasses."

The Shore Girl by Fran Kimmel

"What you been doing here?"

"Wondering how a dirty cat tray placed where diners were most likely to step in it was possibly convenient in terms of food-service logistics"

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

-She takes cocaine, do you know that?
-You're kidding. How can you tell?

"This changes nothing. The risk is unaltered.All you do here is make life easier to part with."

God's Dice by Martin Amis - a short story

"You are a unilateralist?"

"I'll go and ask Muvver"

The Milly-Molly-Mandy storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley

"Milly-Molly-Mandy and Toby the dog together found what had been making all the chirping noise...For what DO you think it was?"

"Gabriel, a tiny bud of humanity with an angel's name."

True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman

"Did that explain her hostility when Moe cornered her at work?"

"They are a very rough class indeed"

A Pin to See the Peepshow by F Tennyson Jesse

-Are you really awfully keen on being a doctor, Anne?
-Oh, yes.
-Why?

"I don't really know," "But I'm sure that ribbon looks very nice with the dress."

The Little Puppy That Could by Martin Amis - a short story.

"Where is it anyway?"

in a "heap of mud bricks topped with rusted sheets of corrugated iron that I should have taken for derelict but for the well-fitting door that opened on noiseless hinges"

O Jerusalem by Laurie R. King

"Five days ago three men were killed in the outskirts of Jaffa. This is success?"

A good response to a previous message.

Response to Message 110:

"Revenge."

God's Dice by Martin Amis

"Then what happened?"

"Nero tried to kill Christianity with persecution and law."

Summer for the Gods by Edward J. Larson

"Is he here?"

"Here he comes,"

The Little Puppy That Could by Martin Amis

"Hello,Who are you then? Come on, come here.It's all right.Ooh,...."

"I've had enough of this. It's the last time you go out with your fancy man"

A Pin to see the Peepshow by F Tennyson Jesse

"Mum, what's that bed doing in my room?"

"It doesn't matter,"...

Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - a short story

Taken from a collection of short stories - Strange Pilgrims

"For how long?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow."

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

"Where's the lady I talked to this afternoon?"

"It is-,the woman this hotel is called after."

Pages From A Scullion's Diary by George Orwell- taken from
Down and Out in Paris and London

"What's the matter?"

"The emptiness, the sense of cosmic darkness"

White Noise by Don DeLillo

"Is the kitchen on fire?'

There was a sparking snap ... and the invisible explosion blew both men backward across the room, sending the crashing across the tables ... Lightbulbs popped ... raining powdery glass onto the floor. Two of the windows exploded outward, while another dozen of the small square panes shattered and spiderwebbed.

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

What was that disgusting smell?

They were Egyptian fruit bats, the creature of interest, left in various stages of mummification and rot.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Had there been any previous hints?

"Her rages were quite frightening, and tantrums and hysterics"

Facades by John Pearson

"Insulting my sister is a fine beginning for you. We look forward to other triumphs. Have you tried cheating at cards?"

Our guest looked down at his hands with a faint smile.

Justice Hall by Laurie R. King

In something not far from horror, I turned to my husband. "Holmes! Whatever shall I do? I haven't a thing to wear."

"Leg irons and various ingenious orthopaedic braces were recommended"

Facades by John Pearson

"She was in debt again, more seriously in debt than she had ever been before...What could be done?"

Maybe that step begins with giving up ownership of the most beautiful shell on the beach, not simply to save the life of a homely, ordinary crab, but as an exercise in resisting the hunger to possess all things bright and beautiful.

Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver

And finally, would you trust a guy in a suit who's never given away a nickel in his life, but who now tells you he's made you some free Magic Wheat?

"You know that better than anybody,"

Bon Voyage, Mr. President by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"What good would that do him?"

"No pleasure but meanness."

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

"Where are they taking him?"

"The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square to await his fate."

Facades by John pearson

"Can one still go to prison in this country for writing cheques the banks won't meet?"

"No,"

Light is like Water by Gabriel Garcia Marquez-a short story

"What if we win the Gold Gardenia Prize for the first semester?"

"Let me help you steal it."

Troubles by JG Farrell

"Did you wash your hands, Ripon?"

"It was an odious job."

Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell

"Why you out here drinking like this?"

"No water ever reaches the third floor, the pressure is too weak."

The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

"What if he locks me up?"

Perhaps I have not been harsh enough with him.

One Man's Owl by Bernd Heinrich

Does he dislike only other men?

"It would be a mistake to push this observation too far."

Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark

"But were they swept along by it?"

"The Americans hedge their bets and work with both sides."

The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

"If you don't wear the burka you'll make me very unhappy. And do you want to make me unhappy?"

"OK,OK."

The Gift by Dick Francis - a short story

"So who's elected?"

"A distant cousin."

Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell

"You have any idea where he went?"

"A house commonly known as 'haunted' "

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

"Suppose poor little Linnie got sick, up there in the mountains, with nobody around?"

"I don't know."

Dead Cert: The First Chapter by Dick Francis - a short story

"Can I go in and see him?"

"Perhaps that is best."

Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs

"What About the neighbors?"

"Hurry,for Chrissake,"

The Gift by Dick Francis - a short story

"You went to the Turfwriters' dinner last night,what do you expect?"

"A marshmallow roast"

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

"What's here? What really frightens people so?"

"Russian cuisine...especially the fish soups."

The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark

"Don't you remember?"

"If you wander about with no fixed intention, and ask for some material to make underclothes, and with pride, or with shame or a giggle, protest that you are not sure of the difference between linen-lawn and nainsook, you place yourself at a disadvantage."

Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia (1923) ed J A Hammerton

"May I come in and look around?"

"Oh, goodness me. I'm happy to help."

Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs

"What the flip is that?"

"That is possible."

The Man with the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - a short story taken from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

""What! You do not mean bodies?"

"The Ministry are hopeless like that"

The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

-Shouldn't he be driving a tank or a jeep if he's a soldier?
-What is tank?

"You are very inquisitive,...."

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- A Short Story from His Last Bow

"How far is it to the house where this singular tragedy occurred?"

"Fifteen miles from Mallaig"

The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

"Rugby? What is that?"

"But I am all in the dark."

The Man with the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Where is it,then?"

"Your concerns are so unimportant to me that I haven't bothered to dress."

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

"Then what will we eat?"

"Oatmeal, raisins, brown sugar."

Vermilion Drift: A Novel by William Kent Krueger

"Do any of those fit?"

"Yes, Sir George...but what if the cat gets at them?"

Left Hand, Right Hand by Osbert Sitwell

"What would you say if I told you that I had seen a Camberwell Beauty thi morning?"

He'd been down this path so often and was, at the moment, so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see the beauty of that place.

Vermilion Drift: A Novel by William Kent Krueger

"Will you build a fire in the ring?"

"Yes,I can."

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"What were your plans?"

"A swimming bath is to be made under the waterfall, and the waterfall raised to three times its present height."

Left Hand, Right Hand by Osbert Sitwell

"...There was the arrangement of them to be pondered. The bowl - for instance: where ought it to be put?"

"Oh, all right,"

Killing Lizards by William Boyd

"Yes,darling,what is it?"

" A golden eagle."

The Dinosaur feather by S.J. Gazan

"Does it have to be so dark in here? "

"Shut up!"

Hardly Ever by William Boyd - a short story taken from

On The Yankee Station by William Boyd

"Not that difficult,is it?"

"Meaning that by refusing conversation, you force me to rely on my observational skills."

The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr

"Well? What else can you divine?"

"Something about her brother and an omelet..."

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

"Should we go to the Taj tonight?"

"I haven't got enough money for the refreshments"

The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley

"Hello there! Been turned out of school again, have you?"

"If that's what you want. If that's all."

Gifts by William Boyd - a short story

"She's mine,okay?"

"I don't want to be a Britisher under such conditions."

The Madman and the Butcher by Tim Cook

"Cheerful sort of cad, isn't he?"

"That's wizards for you."

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

"Is it, er, possible for a woman to be, you know, a wizard?"

"It would be a crime."

The Madman and the Butcher by Tim Cook

"Why had someone not sorted this problem out before a critical breakdown occurred?"

"I hope you don't leave them lying around."

Killing Lizards by William Boyd

""Where are you off to?"

"Dinara's bed"

The Angel of Grozny by Asne Seierstad

"What do you want in a wife?"

".l..magnificently equipped and highly trained in storm tactics."

The Madman and the Butcher by Tim Cook

"Were there more embezzlement scandals linked to the general?"

"You shouldn't bother about the old ones"

The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen by Elizabeth von Arnim

"My shrieks froze on my lips. Where had I seen her face before?"

"A coffeehouse on Esplanade."

Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler

"How well did you know the victims?"

"There is not much difference between one tortoise and another"

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

-I do actually happen to know how to make tortoises grow faster, if that's really what you want.

-You do? Oh please tell me! Am I feeding him the wrong things?

"I'm thinking it could be the Krispy Kremes."

Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler

"What're you gong to do about it, hotshot?"

"If a brigand's a brigand, his place is on the mountain"

Memed my Hawk by Yashar Kemal

"Why did you carry off my girl and lock her up in prison?"

"Stop that talking."

The Train Journey(Bexhill-Liverpool) by Spike Mulligan
taken from
Mulligan's War:The Selected War Memoirs of Spike Mulligan

..."Could I really push a bayonet into a man's body - twist it - and pull it out?

-Probably, but don't talk about him, Patrick.

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

-But you have a choice, what of the others who don't?

"Bollocks!"

The Train Journey (Bexhill-Liverpool by Spike Mulligan

..."I mean what would the neighbours say?"

"I'll skin you!"

The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett

"What's wrong with dustmen?"

"Actually I am."

I Join The Regiment by Spike Mulligan

"Halt,who goes there?"

"The half-dozen employees of Rodent Exterminators Inc"

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas llosa

"The famous woman from Bolivia, you say? May I ask what I'm famous for?"

"Stop that talking."

The Train Journey (Bexhill-Liverpool by Spike Milligan

"Would I survive?"

"You're going to have to be careful. Lima is full of Argentines now"

Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa

"Have you had a great many love affairs?"

"It's what saved me, I think."

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

"Don't you even want to meet Jane Fonda?"

"I think I do,"

Guns and The Tiger Scheme by Spike Mulligan

"Very good,sir,anything else?"

"A photo of a man with a moustache"

The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi

"So do you know what I did with the quail?"

"Throw it away."

Detention by Spike Mulligan

"What's that?"

"One of Lady Maria's servants"

The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett

-What has happened now, Cook?
-(the fish)...is in a state as could not be used by anyone.
-What can be done? Emily, do suggest something!

"Necessity knows no laws."

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

"What has happened?"

"I hear you want a transfer, Milligan."

Application for R.A.F. Pilot by Spike Milligan

"What would you like to be?"

"The grandson of Reb Dan Katzenellenbogen"

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer

"In what part of Russia were you?"

"Now you can go home, "

The Bronze Pig by Hans Christian Andersen taken fromThe Penguin Complete Fairy Tales and Stories of Hans Andersen, 1985 Penguin

"May I not watch you paint, sir?"

"You just have to be creative about it."

Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs by David Grimm

"Do you have to take her home?"

' Oh,yes,'....

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

'Well,I am dressed.Aren't my clothes becoming?'

...Under the wig of silken threads her hair was gray, cropped close like sheep's wool. Around her middle she wore a rupture belt."

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer

"What are you carrying in the briefcase? It's almost breaking at the seams."

'I taken a cigar box, cut a hole in the top and nailed a piece of two-by-four on there for a neck.'

Rythm Oil: A Journey through the Music of the American South
by Stanley Booth

'But how does it happen that they know what to do?'

"The orders were date-lined from Frogenau."

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

"The Czar trusted me. How can I face him after such a disaster?"

"Well, it's no great tragedy, we'll try to manage without you somehow."

A Great Love by Alexandra Kollontai

"Anyuta very nearly poisoned herself today and if I hadn't rushed in just in time she'd have been at the morphine. Oh, Natasha, what's the answer to this ghastly mess?"

"...Why,she has been ill for weeks. And now - "

Beyond the Wall by Ambrose Bierce - a short story taken from

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

"What reparation could I make? ...."

"We can re-make the map of the world."

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

"Can 1 Corps be of any assistance?"

"Go back to your post,and stay till you see them again,...."

The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce - a short story

..."I beg your pardon,Captain,but who the devil do you take them to be?"

"They call themselves the Church of the Seven Trumpets."

Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger

"What do they want with Smalldog?"

"Oh,the poor animal!"

The Bronze Pig by Hans Christian Andersen - a short story

'Who's there?"

"Some pervert up in a tree watching ravens...."

Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich

Was the speaker loud enough?

He had heard clearly enough a man's voice at the other end of the phone.

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer

"I'll go to America."
It was like a stab in Leah's entrails. "Alone?"

How freeing it was, these days, to travel alone, with only a single suitcase to check.

Unaccustomed Earth: Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
from the title story

"Do you have a spare stamp?"

"Nothing in French."

River City by John Farrow

"Are you investigating me now?"

"You're a naughty boy and I ought to twist your ear"

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer

"So you haven't paid the coal-dealer yet?"

I carry a hundred pounds at a time in grain bags slung over my shoulder.

Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich

"Do you or don't you want a lot of meat?"

"No! No! "

Little Claus and Big Claus by Hans Christian Andersen

"Is there someone up there?"

"The Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler"

The Minpins by Roald Dahl

-Beware, beware, the Forest of Sin! None come out, but many go in!
-Why don't they come out?

"Your Majesty, look at the colours and the patterns."

The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

"Am I stupid?"

"They don't call you the Rat for nothing."

River City by John Farrow

"From where do I know you?"

"Under the bedclothes."

Grimble by Clement Freud

"What on earth was Father Christmas DOING in a chemist shop?"

It was to be the "Raven Roundup" party, to get ready for the main event at tomorrow's dawn.

Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich

Why are there no yells?

"We keep the window closed at night"

A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Did she have a photo of Inger I could borrow.
-"Of Inger? What do you want that for?"

"Well, it's complicated, really. It's for a bunch of reasons."

Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor

"Where should I go tonight?"

"Down to clean the bathroom"

A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard

"Do you boys ever drink beer with your meals?"

"I don't want to risk it."

Cleave by Nikki Gemmell

"What about the dog?"

"You just had to run."

A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard

"What have you got hidden in your bed?"

"Grass, like a dry ocean of wheat."

Cleave by Nikki Gemmell

"What's wrong with the ground?"

"There was but little rain and the elephants broke in"

The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

"Little toad! Why have you left the pond?"

". . . interrupting a meal to take an urgent phone call."

The Last Testament
by Sam Bourne

"Howʻs Jerusalem? . . .You save the world yet?"

We were too busy analyzing the pictures being projected on the wall to notice that the wall itself had been sold.

No Logo by Naomi Klein

Hadn't they diligently mushed their own baby food?

"I can tell you there was ten times more water on the kitchen floor than there was in the playhouse."

The Mischievous Martens by Astrid Lindgren

"There were such a lot of pancakes that even Lotta couldn't eat them all. You know what she did with them?"

"I went and ate them in the woods."

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

"Does anyone know?"

"(Skullyʻs) Landing? Sure, sure. I know all about it."

Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote

"And you, whereʻs your house?"

"I was in China for five years. Then Singapore."

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

"Aren't you Mrs. de Winter?"

"Am I not a vederala and the son of a vederala?"

The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

"Mother, I am a tailor. Have you anything for me to sew?"

'I think it is the most charming piece of material I have ever seen,'...........

The Emperor's New Clothes and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

'Isn't it a marvellous piece of material?'

"...An enormous dirty white turban."

The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf

"Aiyo! What is the good of going to the hospital?"

Aiyo: a Mandarin expression or exclamatory remark for pain, commonly spoken by the Cantonese communities of Chinese's race. It can be used to mean Chinese paper cuts and a long drawn sickness.

'I don't know why not,'

Little Claus and Big Claus,a short story by Hans Christian Andersen

'Can't you hear me?'

#232 re: Aiyo: the book I'm reading is set in Sri Lanka, so obviously the language there has similarities with Chinese! Thanks for information.

"You don't have to yell"

Girl, interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

"You spent nearly two years in a loony bin? What was wrong with you?"

'Be careful of what you say,Elmer,'....

Madame De Treymes ny Edith Wharton

'Dine with you? Au cabaret? ....'

"A bishop's a man like the rest of us"

Wife to Charles II by Hilda Lewis

"Oh, must you forever hide behind a jest? Do you believe in anything, anything at all?"

Madame's face went first white and then red.

The Crime Club by W. Holt-White

Should he tell her the price?

* The touchstones are not working. I found this book at Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46566

'Then let's have it.'

Dealer's Choice by Sara Paretsky. a short story from A Taste of Life and Other Stories

'Do you think the war will end soon,Mr. Marlowe?'

The Crime Club by William Holt-White or W. Holt-White

The book was published in 1910, and maybe no member have it.

". . .The Touchstones are not working . . . (236)
.. . . .maybe no member(S) have it. (238)

This titleʻs name is also the name of a huge series: Crime Club. And thatʻs a "Publishersʻ Series" which, we were told in Library School, one does NOT
put into the cataloging record.
Obviously Touchstonesʻs data base is not bound by this rule. That may be
source of Touchstonesʻs difficulties with it, AS an individual book title.

Clicking on this citation of
The Crime Club (238; also 236) leads to an edition of Wildeʻs The Picture of Dorian Grey (?!). But you can get
this titleʻs own page by asking Search/Touchstones for it.
The number of members having it is: 1 (@Selliers )

playing off #237

"When I have conquered the Giants, I am determined to try my strength against the Midgard Serpent!"

Myths of the Norsemen by Roger Lancelyn Green

"I hear sounds of joy and laughter coming from the glad fields of Ida. Can you tell me what the Aesir do there which causes them such delight?"

"We ask that when people join they make some lifestyle sacrifices."

PopCo by Scarlett Thomas

"Could computers ever develop consciousness?"

'That was never supposed to happen,"

PS. It will be the end of human race, robots and machines rule the world.
It will be a scenario similar to one of Isaac Asimov's sci-fic novels, -

I,Robot

Taken from;:Dealer's Choice by Sara Paretsky

'Do you think the war will end soon, Mr. Marlowe?'

"Oh, don't talk about trouble!"

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

"How do you like the Queen?"

"In the first place he's a relation, and in the second place he's a clergyman, so shut up."

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

"Lavender?"

"The black serge he used to wear on special occasions."

In the Castle of My skin by George Lamming

"Why the hell shouldn't I have let you drown?"

"You like being the jailer."

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

"Would you save them all?"

"Marbles, mummies, that sort of thing"

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

-It's odd having people in the house again, that's all.
-Do you put a tumbler to the wall?

I press my face against the crumbling wall.

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

"Want to go see my babies?"

As I grated cheese for the enchiladas, I remembered meeting Holly on the maternity ward when our sons were born.

The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson

"A bear?" said Arch. "Again?"

All three protect many features of prehistoric, geological and zoological interest (Great Smokies National Park, in particular, being famous for its generally genial bears).

Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains
by Eliot Porter photographer
Natural and Human History by Edward Abbey

What's the alternative to this comfortable mediocrity?

"The gift of Deep Dreaming."

After Hamelin by Bill Richardson

"How long will I sleep?"

"They didn't know, but decided to find out."

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

"Shall we have a smoke? Will that make us feel better, do you think, or worse?"

"I would love to have it, to use it. I can't take it for free."

The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story by Jon Katz

"Why aren't you making art?"

"And now the innuendoes were back!"

The Paying Guests by Sarah waters

"How about a game of something, Frances?"

" No,no.No thanks."

The Gathering by Anne Enright

"Was it all right?"

"Oh, Nanny, it'll be just the thing for motoring in."

Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

"And what is your purpose in wanting to travel to Spain?"

It's warm and cheerful, and the people there know what they are doing when it comes to hospitality and entertainment.

The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story by Jon Katz

"Could Izzy come?"

"Inside me, the miniature Izzy did a couple more impossible back flips."

Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt

"What about my radio?" I asked.

"I know, let's play with it."

All About My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards

"Have you ever tried to sleep with curlers in your hair?"

"I have slept and risen and sleepwalked in the night, and slept once more in my cot under a poster of the Alps."

Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard

"Why are you so often under this sycamore tree?"

"I've been climbing trees"

The Minpins by Roald Dahl

"Can you talk to them? To the birds, I mean"

In the midst of the staring crowd, of course, and with fifteen feet between them, they could say nothing.

A Treasury of Regrets by Susanne Alleyn

"What sort of business did he conduct, aside from usury?"

"It doesn't matter when you have a banking account the size of his."

The Sheikh by E M Hull

"Must I be valet as well as lover?"

"I’m travelling first-class," said Mrs. McGillicuddy.

4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

"So you do remember that it was a Friday?"

"The so-called naked dance of monks commemorates this event."

Hidden Bhutan by Martin Uitz

"Her fair-skinned face shone slightly; Was it a trace of royal sweat or the remains of a moisturizing cream?"

Madame pushed her face so close to Jenny’s that Jenny could no longer focus; she smelt overpoweringly of her expensive scent, the merest whiff of which, Jenny said later, would turn her faint and sick ever afterwards.

When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming

"You'd keep me a prisoner?"

"Trust me, sweetheart, I have teams of slaves, fact checking, photocopying. It's like the salt mines."

Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson

"Why are you off alcohol?"

"Because of sex."

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

"Where is Ben?"

"Passed away in the valley before sundown that evening. Yet strangely it did not put a damper on the celebration."

Ludmila a legend of Liechtenstein by Paul Gallico

"A miracle indeed. Well, Alois, what have you to say now?"

"Fum now on, I pau talk- story" / From this time forth, I never shall speak word."

Othello by William Shakespeare

"Wat kine buggah YOU, wit youʻ swear-words!? */ What profane wretch art thou?"

from @rolandperkinsʻs translation of Othello into
Hawaiʻi Creole, unpublished, in fact as yet unfinished.

(I read the above quickly, not realising it was a Hawaiian translation, thinking 'Shakespeare really IS difficult !!') Love your rendering!

"I am obliged to remind you that you have twice openly invoked the Deity."

Augustus Carp Esq., by Himself,; Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Howarth Bashford

"But, my dear Mother, what do you want a holiday for?"

>rolandperkins

Are you adapting Othello by William Shakespeare into a Hawaii'i Creole language with a Hawaiian's flavor using a tribal Hawaiian chief as Othello?

". . .adapting Othello. . . using a tribal chief as Othello" ?

Not exactly. I havenʻt thought a lot about the setting, or modern parallels with the socio-political class of the characters. But I try to bring out that they ARE of different social classes, as Shakespeare did with the help of Elizabethan Englishʻs "thou" vs. "you" distinction. Iʻm having "everybody talk the same" - - as Mark Twain said he did NOT do, and as Ring Lardner usually DID.

Give a Hawaiian's twist liked a modern musical with hula-hoop dancing.

"I saw an angel!"

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

"Are you serious?"

"No, just bored stiff -- and she hated to be spoken about in the third person: the big English thing."

Half Moon Street by Paul Theroux

"Do you have two apples?" he said.

"Other guests consider our facilities more than sufficient."

Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson

She begins to tell him about Founders' Day.
"What?" he says. "Three days? **** How are you going to stand it?"

"I'm taking the medicine for typhoid."

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"So, you want a promotion, Esther?"