A Silly Book Game/Part 4

last post on old thread by callmejacx:

Marco was not a believer in any religion. When he gave her a copy of a book called Atheist Manifesto, written by a Dutch philosophy professor named Herman Philipse, she refused to read it.

Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma

"Do you know why these people don't believe in hell?"

"Who wants to know?"

The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

"Why do you need a shovel to go fishing?"

"This is for the demons."

Night Child by Jes Battis

"Where the hell did I put my key card?"

"Now that I am dead I know everything."

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

"Why had the boar savaged Odysseus and not the others?"

"They're sly and they're smelly. I'm pretty sure that they're dangerous, as well."

Have Mercy on Us All by fred Vargas

"You really think I'm an old idiot?

"Undoubtedly. And I can't change that, so please don't blame me."

Benighted by Kit Whitfield

"What are you doing here?"

"I dropped in on the village once a month to see the kids, go to Mass, and bed the wife."

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas

"Is it true, that story about the 1920 plague, or is it bullshit?"

"Don't know. We'll ask the Vicar, shall we, next time we see him?"

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"What did he look like?"

"Lots of little freckles, reddish hair."

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas

"Was any offense committed? Any violence?"

"We are in search of facts, but we listen also to the whispers..."

The Lodger Shakespeare by Charles Nicholl

"Was she visiting him on that September evening, when she lost those things from her purse 'as she went'?"

"As far as women are concerned, there was no point calling me down, it's not my strong suit."

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas

"Where are his clothes?"

"If she didn't give you a piece of the shirt, I don't think I can tell you; not of course that she swore me to secrecy."

The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

"But why all these questions?"

"But they're only words. No sticks and stones. You know the rhyme? Words can never hurt you."

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas

"Estalere doesn't want to pair up with Favre anymore, he says Favre gets on his nerves, what do I do about it, sir?"

"But you love me and I love you, right?"

The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

"What do you know about epilepsy?"

"It's in his family, it's his phantom."

Have Mercy on Us All by fred Vargas

"Why do men always try to be smart?"

"Tell ye the truth, lassie, I don't know."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"But where are we going?"

"I'm going to walk over to that column in the fountain."

The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

"Was there any music playing?"

It was the Chopin Ballade in F, played with great feeling on a piano not worthy of the music, or the pianist.

Concourse by S. J. Rozan

"And what was the bet about?"

"Maybe I've changed my mind about telling it to you."

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris

"Why do you really want me to have him at the house?"

"London's a long way away and I don't want to take him on the train because I might lose him."

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddan

"But how did you get here?"

"He was always a little vague about connecting the dots that led to his arrival at the reserve next morning, mounted in the turret of an overheated LAV III."

(a Light Armoured Vehicle)

King John of Canada by Scott Gardiner

"'Did you know,' he said, 'that even the birds out there are consistent?'"

"She's smiling and nodding, but just disappears."

The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

"Do you really think that poverty has to do with not having money?"

"This is not the place to be talking about this kind of thing."

The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

"Why were you holding the dog?"

" 'I'm sorry,' he said, ' I did try to control it.' "

The Zahir by Paulo Coelho

"Who would be capable of remaining silent about what they were seeing?"

"It's just one of those things you do when you're autistic."

The Big Girls by Susanne Moore

"Is that what you wanted to know?"

"No, you got that wrong, dear, a man who is waiting there confidently assures her."

Felicia's Journey by William Trevor

"Is there anywhere here that makes lawn-mowers?"

"Some of the fancy buildings around here, they got them."

Concourse by S. J. Rozan

"Why ain't he on my shift?"

"They all answered with a burst of demonic laughter."

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

"Well, comrade, because you bored us to death this morning, is there any reason why you shouldn't be hanged tonight?"

"Mrs. Wyckoff," I said, rinsing my cup, setting it on the counter, "we seem to have started off badly. If it was my fault I'm sorry. I'm only trying to do my my job--"

Concourse by S.J. Rozan

"Where'd you get the mouse?"

"In Alaska."

The 13th Reality by James Dashner

"You're talking, like, about abracadabra and all that stuff?"

"If I suggested such a thing they'd say I had a screw loose. Not that a lot of people around here don't believe in Navajo witchcraft."

The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour

"This Hokart - he ever work for the government?"

"Ah well," said Colum. "Possible, I daresay. The man's a bad reputation, to be sure."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"Why? Don't you believe what I've told you?"

"The uncertainty was torture: 'Am I never to get any nearer the truth, ... am I to be tormented by vague doubts and wretched suspicions, which may grow upon me till I become a monomaniac?'"

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

"I do not myself believe Kent to be guilty, but whether he is or not, he is too much an object fo public suspicion to be able to perform his duties - could he be suspended for a time?"

"My old friend, I would have expected you to know better after 46 years."

The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill

"why do you suppose the Democratic Republic issues quality black shoes to its government officials free of charge?"

"But all this suave hypocrisy had not its accustomed effect on the severe elder brother."

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

"Brother, will it please you if I tell you, in good French, the meaning of that Greek word on the wall?"

"I doubt whether the Department of Information and Culture would be happy to see you reading such bourgeois perversions."

The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill

"What happened to all the prison inmates?"

"Pondering this problem, it was some time before I became aware that someone was piping an urgent, beckoning call on a flute."

Fauna and Family by Gerald Durrell

""I can't bear it. Why can't he play something else?"

"Funny you should ask. I wondered the same thing."

Concourse by S.J. Rozan

"What are you drinking?"

"Vodka."

City of Thieves by David Benioff

"Vodka? Made from what?"

"Aren't you ever curious"

As She Grows by Lesley Anne Cowan

"Do you think Mark'll marry you?

"Yes, he's a nice boy."

Fauna and Family

"Then you wait twenty-four hours -- d'you know why?"

"Alas! No!"

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

"What sorceress?"

"She's not an 'it'! Her name," Hazlitt said..., "is Malvern. Justinia Malvern. And she used to be a human being once. That may have been three hundred years ago but please, show some respect."

13 Bullets by David Wellington

"Are you sure they're not trying to kill us?"

"That they haven't made clear."

The Uninvited Countess by Michael Kilian

"Could you suggest where I might go to become better informed?"

"...a teaching hospital near North Umbrage."

The Good Thief - Hannah Tinti

"What's that in your hand?"

"I don't know. I'm just not thinking about it. Not yet, anyway."

As She Grows by Lesley Anne Cowen

"What did I do wrong?"

"It's your time as a police reporter. You have police connections. You are acquainted with criminals."

The Uninvited countess by Michael Kilian

"How could you sell a painting without opening up the gallery?"

"I've been doing it for years. I was made for it."

The Good Thief - Hannah Tinti

"Who wants to know?"

"Say I am an emperor ..."

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

"What are you waiting for?"

"This doesn't concern you."

As She Grows by Lesley Anne Cowan

'Don't you know what it's like to be given away?"

"I'm hoping that will occur to me once I get there."

The Uninvited Countess by Michael Kilian

"Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

"I don't know. I am finding it hard to fit it all in my heard."

As She Grows by Lesley Anne Cowan

"Am I happy? Listen to yourself. It doesn't matter if i'm happy. It's you that matters. Are you happy?

"I just like to run barefoot on their lawns. They always have such wonderful lawns."

The Uninvited Countess by Michael Kilian

"What is it you think you can do to help?"

"I mind my own business."

The Dead Secret

"Do you remember why I was frightened?"

"Yeah. She says you found the body out in the water."

The Uninvited Countess by Michael Kilian

"But why would they want to attack people like the Vanderbilts?"

"'I'm not really sure myself', he said at last."

The Holiday by Erica James.

'"But why the concern, Theo?"

"There was a man. He came in. He stood at the side of the bed. I'm not imagining it."

Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith

"Why do they have no windows in those boats?"

"I don't know......it seems that there's a witch who must do penance this morning in front of the church before she is hanged."

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

"That gypsy steal your child?"

"How I shall miss her!"

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

"I wonder whether Miss Sturch keeps a bottle of camphor julep in the family medicine chest?"

"You are mistaken," he said. "Oh yes, you are very mistaken."

Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith

"Who is my true father?"

"I have not the faintest idea.."

The Dead Secret

"Do you want anything to drink?"

No, thank you. I'm okay."

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean

"Has anything hit us?"

No sooner had we entered the gates than I suffered the indignity of having my hat knocked off by a missive which turned out to be a cricket ball.

Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery by Val Andrews

"How do you know that she was his mistress rather than his wife or niece, for instance?"

"I visited her the other day and asked around about her."

Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton

"And what would I be getting for five pounds?"

"...you can own our new booklet, Turn Enemies into Friends in Seven Easy Lessons, and learn how to turn negative energies into positive ones with just one look!"

The Nimrod Flipout - Etgar Keret

"How did someone who's like us get so far?"

"Each Sunday after mass she indulged herself by reading a newspaper..."

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"You are Klara, aren't you?"

"I am an English lady,"..."and nothing more."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"Well, what is it, then? What's the matter?"

"Four of the mantelpieces have given out from the walls, and all the ceilings are either stained, cracked, or peeled away in large patches."

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

"Why could not the provoking man tell us at once in round numbers what the repairs will really cost?"

"He didn't want to upset his dad."

The Nimrod Flipout - Etgar Keret

"How can you go and marry someone whose mother's name is Yentl?"

"I don't want to talk about her!"

Death of a Dreamer by M.C. Beaton

"How did you meet?"

"As predicted in Le Havre...."

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"No heroic acts then?"

"At least for the first few nights."

Jester Leaps In byAlan Gordon

"Didn't your mother teach you to wash your face before bed?"

"She covered her face with her hands."

An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer

"Was there no word? No message for me?"

"I don't know, said Fritz."

The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald

"Are we not to have music?"

"Mattie looked skeptical."

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

"Well, she looks just the same, doesn't she?"

"Mom, you do understand that around here, it's swimsuit season all year round? We can't just pig out in the winter like we used to back home."

Ninth Key by Meg Cabot

"Are you sure it's a cat? It doesn't look like any cat I've ever seen. It looks more like...what do they call them? Those small horses. Oh yes, a pony."

"Don't you find any of them beautiful? said Mamah."

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

"What better place could there be for you than in your own living, breathing skin?"

"I must find out!"

The Bobbsey Twins and their Camel Adventure by Laura Lee Hope

"Where is Pompey's Column?"

"Over there. Just on the other side of those rocks."

Far World: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

"Why is everyone in such a hurry?"

"If I told you, there wouldn't be anything for you to discover."

The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

"What are you trying to hide?"

"She shrugged sadly."

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

"Oh Lord, she thought, what am I getting myself into?"

"No, no. It's okay. I know it's a little confusing."

The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

"Alzheimer's?...You're saying she has Alzheimer's?"

"She closed her eyes and waited for it to pass."

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

"Caught you doing what?"

"Perhaps no one has mentioned my reputation to you."

Slightly tempted by Mary Balogh

"What is to be tonight's particular topic of nature study?"

"Brains, I said."

The Story of Forgetting

"Brains?"

"Those things are an absolute menace."

To Say Nothing of the Dog

"Is Iffley Church haunted?"

"Her knees felt unsteady. She felt breathless and lightheaded again. She was not going to let it happen..."

Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh

"When are you going to decide upon some career?"

I don't know. You tell me.

Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

And what about breakfast tomorrow morning?

"Doesn't matter. I've given up."

Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason

"Can you murder someone in your socks?"

"Yeah, it's really tough."

The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

"You want me to tutor you?"

"I would rather stroll with you out here."

Slightly Married by Mary Balogh

"Is that how you see yourself? As a killer?"

"When you have killed all your own birds, Mr. Bingley.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

"In what imaginary act of friendship can you here defend yourself?

"None whatsoever."

Slightly Married by Mary Balogh

"May I offer you refreshments?"

"First let me see what I can do to change my diet."

Go Green, Live Rich - David Bach

"You probably already know that eating less meat is better for your health - but did you know that it's better for the environment, too?"

"Actually," he says, "I'm hungry."

Fifty Acres and a Poodle by Jeanne Marie Laskas

"Should we take the dogs with us?"

"We will stand by what we swore to each other last night, Erlend, if you feel as I do."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Do you think he handled things well and with good sense?"

"Employers and employees alike are reaping the rewards -- and it's great for the environment!"

Go Green, Live Rich - David Bach

"The biggest -- and stickiest issue with raising a green baby is what to do about diapers -- disposable or cloth?"

"So good of you to point that out."

The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry

"Why would he want me dead?"

"Disobedient children bring God no joy.....".

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Jesus help me, Kristin...have you ever heard it said of me that I did anything that was in my own best interest?"

"You make me feel like deserting, he said. Or joining the Russian Navy. One or the other."

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

"Have you been proposed to before?"

"Oh,for God's sake --! Of course I haven't!"

Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer

"What, by the way, did the black sheep do to cause a scandal?"

He jumped into Alex's lap, threw his paws on his shoulders, and began licking his face, his glasses, his ears, his entire head.

Fifty Acres and a Poodle by Jeanne Marie Laskas

"Have you and Alex set the date yet?"

"I haven't struggled and striven to protect my children for a son-in-law like that."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Would you mind bringing some ale over here?"

"I don't mind, Aunt Anna."

The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine

"But why are you carrying an umbrella, Gloria?"

"Pardon me if I keep what I have to say, to deliver first to the lord abbot. I would as soon tell it only once and leave all things in his hands."

The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters

"I can believe Brother Petrus wanted onions. But what did Jerome want?"

"He was seized by the fierce craving to see a man fall out of one of the cypresses, to see him tumble out with his long rifle crashing through limbs before him."

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

"Did you get him, sir?"

"You could call it that,"

The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine

"What is the evolutionary reason for friendship?"

"There are solemnities in life, things that can't be spoken of in the highway. When we have eaten, let us go to your flat, and there I will tell you everything."

The Odd Women by George Gissing

"Confound your impudence! Am I not your father in mathematics?"

"Water is water, but no two waves are the same."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"You let her convince you that even if you paid her five times the value of her share of the campground, you would still make a fortune if you sold to the developer?"

"Later she would see about getting rid of those women she disliked or could not bring around."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Did you feel the yearning for the life of a nun back then, Kristin?"

"She was all too aware that her experience of sex was not what anyone would call extensive...Her responsibilities at Truitt had kept her in an artificial cloister for years."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"Ready for the big night?"

"Kristin had not slept much on the first night, even though the priests had blessed her bed."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Didn't you go with your father and the others to Mass?"

"Are you kidding?"

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

""Tell me, Elias, if the ships do happen to show up as advertised, will you be tempted to leave with the aliens?"

"Oh, that time is probably no more than a week away."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Do you so regret that you came to my manor?"

"I'd rather go back to my filthy cell now. They are loading the shit barrels and I don't want to miss it. I hope you get run over by a caisson. Maybe your boat will blow up."

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

"Would you care for me if you were not here? And dependent on my good will?"

"A man cannot see truth clearly in water that is clouded with strong emotions."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"How long were you at the monastery?"

"As a guest, I'd probably overstayed my welcome."

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver

"How big is that spare bedroom?"

"It's top secret. But you know what, I'll whisper it in your ear if you swear not to tell."

The girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret

"Why do all the kids hate me?"

"Don't worry about it."

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Barbara Kingsolver

"Do I have to explain the obvious?"

"Something tells me the answers I want are here, not somewhere out in space."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"What's for dinner?"

"... a platter of prosciutto, mixed cheeses, pickled vegetables, stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini flowers stuffed with ham, and several kinds of meat pastries."

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

"How is it possible that every citizen of Italy doesn't weigh three hundred pounds?"

"Teddy, you have no idea what goes on over there."

Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollack

"Okay. Let me ask you this, was he on some type of steroids?"

"Unfortunately not, said the man."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Did she truly think that married people were never unfaithful?"

"For what it's worth, yes."

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

"Why?"

"That sounds personal."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"Were you here at the time of the divorce?"

"I was sleeping."

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

"What have you learned that you can give?"

"You're adopted."

The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine

"There's been a fire remember?"

“Well, you see, my memory is not all it could be.”

Mr. White’s Confession by Robert Clark

“What do you need to talk to me for?”

"Unparalleled knowledge of our own true sexuality and an understanding of the philosophical laws of the universe..."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"How do you know that?"

"I've been wondering the same thing for most of my life, you see? I thought if you had any ideas..."

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss\

"Do you know this one, E'lir Kvothe?"

"Just call me Jim."

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason

"Do you think the skeleton you found might be a British soldier?"

"Don't you ever say that. Don't you ever, ever say that. Not once, not ever, not one more time!"

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

"Or what?"

"I can't tell you that now, replied Lavrans. But I will speak to him, and then I must act in such a way that I can answer for myself before God, my daughter."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Do you hear it?"

"Quiet, Otis."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"Has it occurred to you that the reason you're so damned worried about me is because you're wildly, passionately in love with me?"

"Now he realized: it could have happened to him too...he could have loved someone too."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Are you just going to stand here?"

"The fish stick girl took off her army jacket and loosened the belt on her shiny jeans, then got down on the floor of the laundromat amid the fuzz balls and cigarette butts and started doing stretches."

Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollack

"Kiss him, why don't ya?"

"I can't darling. It would be death to me. It would be the betrayal of my soul."

The Razors Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

"D'you know what it costs to have a baby?"

"That's certainly a charmingly romantic view of our little night of passion."

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"What happened between you and my father?"

"He's not a bad guy, he's just needy, you know?"

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

"Nasty like what?"

"Er, I should say that that was more or less your own business."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"If you don't mind telling me. Why did you agree to marry me?"

"It's the perfect vengeance. Isn't that what you wanted? Revenge?"

Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz

"How can you stand it? Aren't you bored to tears?"

"So I thought you might be ready for a break."

After Caroline by Kay Hooper

"Is this a trick question?"

"All the way home, Galina told herself she hadn't done anything wrong."

There are Jews in My House - Lara Vapnyar

"Want to know why my breasts are so yellow?"

"That's natural, isn't it?"

The Razor's Edge

"Ever been to a mining village?"

"We referred to the place as 'Southwest,' like everybody else."

There are Jews in My House" - Lara Vapnyar

"Why are you not in bed?"

"I think I shall be sent for."

The Odd Women by George Gissing

"And where is your sister?"

"She probably ain't home," McGinnis said. "Somebody said she was off somewhere. Visiting kin, I think."

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

"What the hell you going to have two or three sand paintings for at once?"

"This always helped her for a while."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"How can you do something so foolish?"

"Perhaps that it's just that I want to bed you." "Did ye think of that?"

Outlanderby Diana Gabaldon

"Why did you do that?"

"It was necessary."

Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner

"Anything you want to talk about?"

"'Well,' she said. 'Pretty day, ain't it?' She smiled. 'How's the war going?'"

Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

"Is there any chance you might take this here to heart or is it going right over your head?"

"What was it he didn't want her to know?"

After Caroline by Kay Hooper

"You sure it was an accident?"

"God knows," Witover said. "They caught us napping."

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

"Why would anyone want to kill an old man like that?"

"You're wasting your time. We don't give out such information."

The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer

"Was coming here a big mistake?"

"You don't know what you're in for. No one would go to work in a mine who could do anything else."

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

"What does he see in me, d'you suppose?"

"Billy's in debt up to his eyeballs."

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

"What should we have for dinner?"

"Yes, I am a person who raises some animals for the purpose of whacking them into cuts of meat to feed my family."

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle-Barbara Kingsolver

"Can we only love agriculture on postcards?"

"Summer is wonderful. Fresh air, open windows. picking tomatoes and eating them while they're still warm from the sun."

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

"Why on earth would you hate summer?"

"I think it's idiotic and blasphemous."

The Razor's Edge

"Why don't you risk it?"

"I don't know."

The Septembers of Shiraz

"You think he'll come back, your father?"

"You and I both know history has a way of repeating itself."

Yesterday's Bride by Charlotte Walker

"I have to wonder what changed your mind?"

"You'll find out, my fine wee cockerel, you'll find out."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"How the bloody hell did you know what I was thinking?"

"That's the kind of thing a woman knows instinctively."

The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham

"D'you want me to come to your room tonight?"

"You've just started a new round of gossip," she told him. I'll bet nobody talks to me after this.

After Caroline by Kay Hooper

"So, you think I should wait to be invited then?"

"Come and sit down here with me."

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

"Was my name mentioned in that letter?"

"What kind of question is that?"

After Caroline by Kay Hooper

"Have you two met?"

"He'd seen her naked once"

Crazy Hot by Tara Janzen

"They didn't blame you for what happened, did they?"

"Yes," she said. "That's the way it was."

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

"Questions? What sort of questions?"

"Nothing --- complicated."

Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett

"Is it accurate?"

"A disgrace."

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

"Do you think I'm going to sit back and let you go?"

"I must go. Surely you understand that. I cannot stay."

One Night for Love by Mary Balogh

"Where would you go?"

"...Greenways organic, a successful two-thousand acre organic produce operation tucked into a twenty-four-thousand acre conventional farm in the Central Valley outside Fresno..."

The Omnivore's Dilemma -Michael Pollan

"Is there anything wrong with this picture?"

"Why don't you just use a wide-angle lens, and then you can get the shot standing on the curb."

100 Years, 100 Stories by George Burns

"I beg your pardon, is your name Mamie Dittenfest?"

"No," he said firmly.

One night for Love by Mary Balogh

"And what makes you, at the advanced age of twenty, so wise?"

"My grandmother taught me," she said, "She taught me everything."

The Outlander a novel by Gil Adamson

"What in the world are you doing?"

"The bottom line is we're going to get married."

Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

"How was he dressed?"

"Naylor had on the farmer's standard-issue baseball cap, a yellow chamois shirt, and overalls -- the stripey blue kind favored by railroad workers, about as unintimidating an article of clothing as has ever been donned by a man."

The Omnivore's Delimma - Michael Pollan

"Why should it matter that we have become a race of corn eaters such as the world has never seen?"

"The worst part of it all was that they were considered lucky."

Fear and Trembling by Amelie Northomb

"Why do you think you were not worthy?"

"I'm not," said Trumbull. "It's a difficult thing. The point is that I've gotten considerable credit on two different occasions over matters that were really Henry's insights."

More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov

"How do you justify your existence, Mr. Reed?"

"Damned if I know. There isna any reasonable explanation I can think of for you."

Outlander

"So what does that prove?"

"You should try to sleep."

The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

"What baby?"

"I want Artie to meet his son."

My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher

"So, I was thinking, how do we get the two to meet?"

"It was a very complicated journey that my father and Nhamo were undertaking."

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

"And you, child," he said, "What were you doing causing such a scene?"

"I expected the girls to laugh."

There are Jews in My House - Lara Vapnyar

"I had another doctor's appointment today, and guess what he said?"

"I won't be able to release you," the doctor said. "We have to keep you on medications to control the pain, and that has to be monitored,"

Talking God by Tony Hillerman

"How was the weekend?"

"...much about dining with the Salatins had, at least for me, the flavor of a long-ago time and faraway place in America."

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

"How much do you really see when you look at a patch of grass?"

"There's a man out there. Sick I guess. Lying out there under the bushes across the street."

Talking god by Tony Hillerman

"But what the devil did it mean?"

"Horror waiting to happen."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"Did you take care of that business of mine?"

"Tess did."

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

"You just had a bad spell, didn't you?"

"I cried out--in surprise as well as agony--and fell on the floor, knocking both the remote and my sandwich-plate onto the rug, scratching at what wasn't there."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"Yeah--ain't I cool?"

"The charm of your company has worn thin, I am afraid."

Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh

"Are you by any chance, Mrs. Derrick, trying to be rid of me?"

"My mother had miscalculated."

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dagarembga

"Have you eaten some wild shrub that has gone to your head?"

"Don't get virtuously aggrieved..."

More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov

"What was it he wrote?"

"I was no lawyer, but I'd seen and signed my share of legal paper in my other life, and this struck me as pretty simple."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"Are you reading that contract?"

"We don't have to this right now, you know."

My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher

"Are you just saying that because you know you should?"

"Generously, sincerely, she confirmed my own impressions."

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dagarembga

"In Sunday School we learnt about Charity and Love and Sin, which the prefects said were all different things, but then, if they were different, I wondered, how did you explain the Prodigal Son or Mary Magdalene?"

"They don't exactly keep that list up-to-date."

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

"You're not leaving me for John?"

"I don't think so."

My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher

"What do you want from me, Eleanor?"

# 201 cal8769. lol at your response to #200.

"I don't believe we are having this conversation."

Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber

"Why didn't you take me there with you?"

"Our guests value their privacy, and I cannot be certain you truly have business with him."

Angel Seeker by Sharon Shinn

"Can you find your way from here?"

"Our paths are crosssing again," she said.

Talking God by Tony Hillerman

"Are you going to give it back?"

"He didn't mention a time limit."

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

"Did they burn him?"

"Yep, he's dead."

Indigo Dying by Susan Wittig Albert

"When did you find out?"

"...two hours after midnight..."

Angel-Seeker by Sharon Shinn

"Won't Mary allow you any free evenings?"

"Everyday except Mourning."

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

"All in favor?"

"Yeah, I think so..."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"What do you have to apologize for?"

"He'd said, no, be a baby."

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

"For the sake of argument, would you let your pubescent daughter have relations with a twenty-four-year-old male?"

"One ought to be able to sit quietly and read a simple book without being asked to wrestle with questions of theological and cosmological import."

A Decent Cup of Tea - Malachi McCormick

"Is that too much to ask?"

"Oh yes."

Hanging on the Wire by Gillian Linscott

"Don't you think you might have warned me?"

"It wasn't an accident and it wasn't a mistake."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"...do people ever deserve second chances?"

......well I think if he's this bad to you, you should break up with him, but she shook her head and said, I know I should, but I can't."

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

"It was obvious wht was happening, but what could he do?"

"He kept on. He did not hurry."

Enemy Women by Paulete Jiles

"And we're docking in New Orleans?"

"Yes, of course."

Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomer

"No recurrence of someone mysteriously breaking into the house?

"Dougal's scouts say there's no sign of anyone nearbouts,"..."but ye can nevertell."

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

"You think women aren't bright enough to understand the workings of a gun?"

"Stupid thing to be good at, right?"

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Can you say something in Jewish?"

"Any time, day or night."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"I want you to listen to me. Will you?"

"I shall listen"

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

"How did you die, then?"

"...walking on a mattress filled with Jello."

The Ominvore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

"Okay, but how did it taste?"

"After the second bottle of that stuff, turpentine'd taste pure wonderful, I expect."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Do you ever see ghosts?"

"And you have no idea how amazing that is."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"So what do you think, Edgar? Were those dead girls there last night or not?"

"They don't scare me... They're just people I grew up with."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"You're saying I still couldn't get a date, unless everything else female in the county had rabies?"

"You can say that again."

Duma Key -Stephen King

"Are you getting pissed?"

"I don't want to say."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Have you ever noticed what goats do in the rain?"

"Of course I do. You know I do."

Duma Key -Stephen King

"Is that evil?"

"She tried to scream, but it was too late."

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

"Didn't I tell you to send your daughter abroad while you had the chance?"

"She lives her life how she wants to, no matter what people say."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"What did you teach?"

"Nothing."

Duma Key - Stephen King

"Who's ready for another glass of champagne?"

"Do I need to spell it out to you?"

Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

"What would you like to do?"

"I want to rub the rheumatism out of your bones."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Who on earth are you hiding from?

"Himself, and herself, and a visitor, which I am thinking would be Maister Cunningham."

The Harper's Quine by Pat McIntosh

So, where is Nancy?"

"Down at George Tick's gas station."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Do you even know where Shel is?"

"Of course I do, he said, but nothing I have tried has been ameliorative."

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

"Do you really want to change it?"

"I've tried and tried, but I can't"

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"Why bring up the subject?"

"Matt said Margaret's up till all hours of the night, obsessing over this."

Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

"I know it's a ridiculous thing to ask, but would you have dinner with me?"

"Shut up, oh, shut up!"

The Sea Wolf by Jack London

"I became frightened when I became conscious that I was seeing red, and the thought flashed through my mind: was I, too, becoming tainted by my environment?"

"The curse of the omnivore is that when it comes to figuring out which of those things are safe to eat, he's pretty much on his own."

The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

"Where in the world has everybody gone?"

"To live! To live! To live---"

The Sea Wolf by Jack London

"But you, who make a mock of human life, do you not place upon it any value?"

"Excuse me for having pigs instead of children."

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

"You think I'm nuts, don't you?"

"Congratulations,"..."That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen."

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

"Where's Ambrose?"

"He crossed the deck, sprang into the rigging, and began to climb."

The Sea Wolf by Jack London

"So you're afraid, eh?"

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