A silly book game - Part 19

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!

Continued from Here

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Posted by DeltaQueen50

"We're still working on that."

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"Were you in Birmingham, Mr. McFarlane?"

"Keep your nose out of other people's business."

The Guards by Ken Bruen

"Notice anything new?"

“Green tendrils by night, sucking out our blood.”

The Tree: A Winter’s Tale (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“What strange occult detail did you find out about our joint parents?”

"They're sheep. Small town sheep!"

Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

"Why else are we put here on this spinning mudball if not to help each other up?"

"All right. I suppose I can give you a few minutes."

In The Woods by Tana French

"You're really in love with him, aren't you?"

"Just tell me what I have to do to keep you from blabbing it everywhere."

Zen and the Art of Faking It

"Visited any interesting lockers lately?"

"All that I see is stale, flat, unprofitable."

Icefields by Thomas Wharton

"She didn't say where she'd be?"

"They're back!" Vorn gesticulated excitedly. "Brun and Droog and the rest, and I saw them carrying tusks!"

Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel

"Does anyone know where the yams are?"

#1-6 marvelous. :D and thanks for the new thread, Wolfy!

'sitting in my van outside your front door.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'what kind of problem?'

“There is a unicorn in your wood.”

The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“Who reckons so?”

"She said, 'You want me to find them for you.'"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"You think we're -- you think I'm -- half alien?"

Edit: How embarrassing to see a spelling error at this late date. lol

"I don't know if you're really so ugly, Ayla. You're different."

Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel

Why does it make me shudder every time he looks at me?

'i think you just happen to be a hell of a lot more intuitive than the average person.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'who was it?'

Woman! The Mog-ur motioned with mock severity.

Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel

"Mama go hunting? Durc go hunting with Mama?"

"Yes, my friend. And to that end - you'll like this - we will begin with a seal hunt on the islet."

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

"And when we put him in a stew, what will he look like then?"

"Amazingly, over the days, his nipples began to grow."

The Cats of Thistle Hill by Roger A. Caras

"Was what we were doing all that different from what the cats do here?"

"Do you mean being knackered all the time and having no sex life?"

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"Is there anything good on the telly tonight?"

"Anudder time dere will be."

Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor

"What about aftereffects?"

"Open-eyed sleepwalking."

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"You were? Where?"

#16-20 joe, booky, dq and lynn you have me absolutely roaring with laughter. oh law!

Ditto. I can never come up with really amusing things.

:-)

"I was arrested in Eno's diner. At twelve o'clock."

The Killing Floor by Lee Child

"Where's your lawyer?"

Ha, 1st opening line! ;>

"About 150 miles northeast."

Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

"I believe it's customary for whalers to engrave their names on these weapons?"

'maybe, maybe not.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'what was your first clue?'

"Deh paid me off."

Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor

"See anything?"

:) you guys are all keeping me amused!

One night we were choppering back from a show and tracers came at us. It was kind of pretty if you didn't think about the fact they were meant to kill you.

James Brown, The Godfather of Soul: An Autobiography by James Brown with Bruce Tucker

"Bobby, you think they'd like to come down here?"

"Not tonight."

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"Mummy, are you drunk?"

She didn’t slap me or even shout at me for answering back.

Crying in the Rain (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

Had my mother received any other offers?

"The question is: what do you want?"

The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz

"Forget something?

I felt around. Everything was still in place, as they'd said.

Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor

"Is there anything we can get you?"

"I want my key back..."

Birds of America - Lorrie Moore

"Will you be my agent?"

"Maybe. If you start skating and win."

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"But when will it happen?"

'i don't know anything about the job scheduling, ma'am.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'what do you mean, you only came by to drop off some equipment?'

I make this stuff up. But then I feel the stray voltage of my rented charisma, hear the jerry-rigged authority in my voice and I, too, believe.

Birds of America -Lorrie Moore

"How can you know that?"

"Yes, well, I was always good at English and my therapist thought writing the whole thing down would be ... well ... therapeutic."

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"Have you seen the news?"

"Most of what I know about what happened later I learned from simply watching the news."

Kill Me by Stephen White

"Are you suggesting I have issues?"

'thought you knew that. hell, half the time i walk into your office you've got your feet up on the desk.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'your deep thinking produce anything useful?'

I'm not sitting here now because I suddenly saw sense.

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Well, even though it's a straightforward decision, you'd still have to think for a bit, wouldn't you?

"Yes. I don't think there will be a second date."

The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz

"When you're done scoring crack, can you please come into the office?"

A man raced forward shouting, laughing or appearing to laugh.

The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“What must I do to be rid of you?”

'a tingle of anticipation shot through Ethan.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'aren't you supposed to be somewhere doing some detecting?'

"I appreciate your advice," he said. "And your concern for my carreer."

Killing Floor by Lee Child

"You got business here?"

" Never mind, Mr. Rochester; it is in no way interestersting to know that"

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

" Do you think Ms. Ingram will suffer from your dishonest coquetry?"

" Never mind, Mr. Rochester; it is in no way interestersting to know that"

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

" Do you think Ms. Ingram will suffer from your dishonest coquetry?"

"It doesn't hurt at all, it just tickles."

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"Where?"

'the big clue was the red knit polo shirt embroidered with the words Las Estrellas Resort and Spa.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'were you able to locate him?'

*eta missing single quotation mark

"If he's here, we'll catch him. Medals and dancing girls for everyone. If not, what's the worst that can happen?"

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

'Has anyone searched in there yet?"

So she looked into the sockets of skulls and of pelvises.

The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“And who do you suppose left their skeletons here?”

I AM MOST TERRIBLY SORRY.

Mort by Terry Pratchett

'Does this mean I'm in charge?'

(The all-caps guy, of course, is Death; a seven-foot-tall skeleton)

"Uh, no. We broke up."

Birds of America - Lorrie Moore

"You crawled back on your hands and knees?"

"Yes," she said, lifting her brows.

The Nymph and the Lamp by Thomas H. Raddall

"Mr. Hurd's rather busy. Is there something I can do?"

"Whenever the words 'elementary', 'indeed' or 'extraordinary' are used, you have to take a shot."

The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz

"Who cleans this room?"

The Environmental Health team had pretty much wrecked the place getting rid of anything contaminated with body fluids, the smell of cholorine in the kitchen was almost overpowering.

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"What's wrong with people today?"

There was no sense of honour or tradition now, no respect.

The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan

"And was it a wolf?"

"'I'm still pursuing that line of inquiry,' Ethan said."

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'were you able to locate him?'

“No,” said the old woman tiredly.

The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“How am I to live, how am I to be, now, alone?”

"If you do everything I tell you, no one will get hurt."

The Spellmans Strike Again

"Too much salsa dancing?"

"It's what she always does, to get attention."

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"Hiding from Daddy?"

"I dunno. I never seen him. Only his shadder - onct!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer.

"Lord, is he as shy as all that?"

"I asked him out. I even proposed the marriage."

Birds in America - Lorrie Morre

"I'm supposed to wait around for someone special, while every other girl in this town gets to have a life?"

She couldn't bring herself to bars, singles events, or dating services. She didn't feel attractive enough to complete in today's market.

...And Baby makes Two by Judy Sheehan

"Are you tired, honey?"

"Only when the flight attendant said there was no coffee because the percolator was broken."

Birds in America - Lorrie Morre

"Didn't you find that alarming?"

"No, no! I was never one of your high sticklers!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Pray, how do you propose to convey all these things from Tideswell, Captain Staple?"

"Oh, you're just cranky because you hate packing."

The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz

"Have you made a decision yet?"

'give me a break. just because I'm from California doesn't mean I've got the brain of a surfer. i told him i don't do much divorce work and i sure as hell wouldn't do it for a business associate.'*

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'you were going to let a complete stranger into my apartment?'

*eta i know it's a long response but being a 7th generation Californian and once upon a time surfer, i liked the context.

" Don't worry!"

Tigers At Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne

"What happened over there?"

I was making little sobbing noises that embarrassed everyone, myself included.

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

"What would you say to Cosmic Tony?"

'now you see why i prefer not to leave a spare key around the manager's office.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'why would the man try to get into our apartment?'

It is hard even to make love these days without something in your purse.

The Way We Live Now by Anthoy Trollope

He must have a new house, and new ways; must live under a new dominion, and fir himself to new pleasures. And what was he to gain by it?

"A half-borde -- sixpence! Properly turned-up we'd be!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"What kind of man is this Mr Sopworthy?"

He turned out to be a grey-haired man in his fifties with a paunch that made him look six months pregnant.

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"But what if he does a runner?"

to Capybara (99):
Curiosity: What does Trollopeʻs reflexive verb-phrase "fir himself" mean? Sounds very un-Trollopian.

“You mean your husband?”

The Tenebris Malgraph (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“Why don’t we kill him, and get it over with?”

Olivia was rooting around in her drawer for an object, a letter opener or her long-lost scissors...

Acceptance - Susan Coll

Were they all doomed to share this fate?

'it's supposed to be good for your cholesterol and your prostate.'

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

'has Zoe mentioned your prostate yet?'

"Why, yes! You told me so this morning!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Does it offend your sense of propriety?"

"I honestly don't know. It didn't seem like the right thing to ask."

Acceptance - Susan Coll

"Why is this coming up now?"

"It's a changing world, Easterbrook. It always has been, but now the changes come more rapidly. The tempo has quickened - one must take advantage of that."

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

"Will machines take the place of men eventually?"

"Of course they are,"

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

"How do you always guess which one is gonna hurl first?"

"Well, you keep watching, young fellow!"

stanley In Space by jeff Brown

"You folks care to stay for supper?'

"We never eat much before a seance."

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

"Why the pail? What is it for?"

"Her autospsy. His wife's. When they check what she ate."

The Killing Floor by Lee Child

"So how can they find them at his autopsy?"

edited for touchstones

"We've got about three dozen possible pieces, we'll need to defrost and DNA test all of this before we'll know for sure."

Flesh House by Stuart MacBride

"It's not my fault I don't know what I am looking at, is it?"

"Why am I not surprised."

Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It by J.D. Mason

"Would it be alright if I used yout bathrooM?

"But you don't need to go a-washing of yourself all over!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Whatever for, guv'nor?"

(BTW: 83-85 are very funny!)

“He’s busy setting the scene for his latest conquest.”

The Tenebris Malgraph (short story) in ‘Forests of the Night’ by Tanith Lee.

“Where would you be without my money?”

"...found dead under mysterious circumstances in Atlantic City...

My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates

"Are you serious?"

"Somebody has to be. Always envisage the worst. You've no idea how that steadies the nerves."

A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

"You have brought what you were instructed to bring?"

'Not voluntarily.'

Chaining the Lady by Piers Anthony

'What is the identity of the alien aura?'

"the guy seemed surprised. he said, 'Jeffords.'"

Put a Lid On It by Donald E. Westlake

'the question was, how come so many barbers were felons?'

"I simply see this as another in a long series of incidents I can't explain."

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

"Do you think he would have refused to leave Tabor Island if Lord Glenarvan's yacht had returned to take him home?"

"Why then we will be saddled with the man indefinitely!"

A Proper Education For Girls by Elaine di Rollo

"Do we really need a photographer?"

"He seems to be young, and we should have no difficulty educating him without resorting to brute force or pulling out his canines, as is so often done in such cases."

The Mysterious Island

"Do you want to join the colony then?"

"I didn't mean to, last night, but something happened today which made me change my mind."

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Have you discovered something?"

"And now, Connor thought, we'll see…"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"Exactly how much am I going to tell her?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should go home."

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

"And then? Well, happily ever after, of course. What else?"

"Yes! . . . Yes! . . . but that's not the question. I'm asking Mr. Smith if he thinks there's something supernatural behind all this."

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

"We're rich, too rich! What are we going to do with all this?"

"I said nothing. I think I already knew what he was going to say."

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

"I think we both know why it has to be y9ou, don't we?"

... I didn't know then that Jess is at her happiest wallowing in the marshland of the bleeding obvious.

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

"So you don't want to defend yourself?..."

"No: setting the hare's head against the goose-giblets, things are best the way they are -- for the present."

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Do you take me for a child, or a lunatic?"

"Pain and fear...drive children into doing things which they cannot confess, and which soon cover them with shame."

Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Jérôme Carcopino

"Look here," he says, "am I your slave or are you mine?"

"Be careful, Mara. You are still a slave."

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis

"There is some matter in which I may serve you?"

"Nay, thank you. I'd rather we talk."

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

"How badly do you want to find your nephew?"

"I want to help him, but..."

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

"But you were framed right?"

“Who knows? That’s why I had my funeral now, to be sure.”

The Book of the Dead by Tanith Lee.

“Are you satisfied, Baubon?”

"Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin!"

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

"That's an answer?"

"It's easier not to say anything... Nobody wants to hear what you have to say"

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"What have you done to her?"

"I've a strong liking for Rose, but I don't dangle after women ten years older than I am, however comely they may be!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"What the devil do you mean by talking of a decent woman as if she were a light frigate?"

"'it's the real me, coming to the surface,' Bernie said."

Put a Lid On It by Donald E. Westlake

'how would i recognize him?'

"Gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head."

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"What do you want to do?"

“To kill him,” said Jean de St. Jean.

The Nightmare’s Tale (short story) in ‘The Book of the Dead’ by Tanith Lee.

“What else?”

"You'll find out all about it tomorrow,"

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

"Which one of us is it taking?"

"You may do!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"But talking pays no toll, sir, and where is the money to come from to buy a cottage, let alone a farm?"

"I ask David Petrakis for advice. We come up with a Plan"

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"Can you get your mom's American Express?"

"You've got money!" he insisted.

CASH: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash with Patrick Carr

"Do you want a feel of my gun?"

"You'll get hurt, you know, if you make me go to the trouble of wrestling it away from you."

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"But he doesn't expect you to marry him under such circumstances as that, does he?"

"I pictured my third anniversary with Tom, how we'd want to cozy up...with a bottle of Taittinger and a box of Godiva chocolates-a shared memory."

From The Siren of Solace Glen by Susan James

"Flip! I meant to ask, could you add me to your client list?"

"That was really, really sweet of you, but I think it's time for us both to admit that we... just... are... very... different."

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"You mean we're not friends anymore?"

"'Don't worry,' Michael said. 'I'll be here when you get back.'"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"'Can this be right?'" Rebecca asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about?"

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

"What do you care if I kill him or not?"

"Ah, stuff him, what do I care?"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"And what was all this stuff about a graveyard?"

In places there are great houses of death, you see.

‘The Book of the Dead’ by Tanith Lee.

Are they truly there, under our feet?

"Don't you wish you could be there with them?"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"Don't you wonder what it will be like?"

"You must know that I have no experience in these matters, and I should not wish to answer with the least impropriety!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Just what kind of an undergame are you playing?"

"She isn't fooling around anymore. Her pride is at stake, her womynhood"

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"He's worried about me?"

"Of course."

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

"Did your mom have any other words of wisdom?"

Mom: "You must be sick. You're talking"

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

"Do you want some ginger ale?"

"That would be nice."

Technical Foul byRich Wallace

"Let's eat out" Dad said "Hamburgers okay with everybody?"

"This is wonderful (...) Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values and canned yams"

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

"What?"

ETA missing part

"Just changing the subject."

Technical Foul by Rich Wallace

"How's work going Mom?"

"If she doesn't sell a billion shirts and twelve million belts on Black Friday, the world will end."

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

"What do you think?"

"I think you could take a banker, a lawyer and a politican, shove them in a barrel, kick it down a hill, and there would be a son-of-a-bitch on top every time!"

Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion

"So I take it you've seen frontier justice in action then?"

"No, dear. They died before I was born."

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

""Surely not all of them?"

"...they've got ten little pigs in with them, they're jolly well crowded."

The Complete Short Stories by Saki

"The children were quite a charming feature, weren't they?"

ETA: Taken from Hyacinth

"Well, of course they are your kids, but they're important to me as well."

Blue Heaven by C.J. Box

"Is this all there is for breakfast?"

'he looked over at Jeffords and saw in front of him a short thick glass containing ice cubes, a clear liquid, and a little shingle of lime rind.'

Put a Lid On It by Donald E. Westlake

'you mean they were criminals when they were born?'

"It ain't that I care what sort of a hell-born babe Nell's cousin may be -- Good God, haven't we all got relations that are precious loose fish?"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Well, what are you planning to do?"

“I did it!” she cried. “Without you.”

‘The Book of the Mad’ by Tanith Lee.

“Why don’t you let me put a little on you?”

"It won't be enough. A third attack of pernicious fever is always fatal unless it is broken with quinine."

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

"Shall we leave the cart in the woods?"

'there was the path, just a little farther ahead, just beyond the outermost cluster of listeners. three or four golf carts waited there, with their drivers, but Meehan thought it would be more discreet to walk away at this moment. . .'

Put a Lid On It by Donald E. Westlake

'you think you're tough?'

"I'm precious hard to kill, but I don't deny I was shook up."

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"Have your nerves enough steel for this adventure?"

"It had been the right thing to do. If someone is threatening to jump off a bridge, you don't just stand by and watch."

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"And stepping into another dimension, an invisible world about which you knew literally nothing, was that not almost like suicide?"

"Only after a long period of practice can you expect to be just doing a meditation and not anything else."

How to Meditate; a guide to self-discovery
by Lawrence Leshan

"What can we say abut the nature of Man from all this?"

"One of the first revelations appeared in a series of articles written by Gordon..."

Tar Sands by Andrew Nikiforuk

"But when you have a family to support, what do you do?"

"My mother cleans houses and tends bar in Spokane."

Blue Heaven by C.J. Box

"Any disgruntled employees at your place of work?"

". . .when he pushed the button, there was first a spectral voice to tell him he had three messages and then all three of them were from Goldfarb. . .(skipping 1 and 2 and jumping to 3) 'where are you? i left one message yesterday, one message this morning, you're still not anywhere, where do you go all the time?'"

Put a Lid On It by Donald E. Westlake

'where are you?'*

*this is a different 'where are you' from the one in the top part. really. :)

"If find me you must, take the Ecclesfield road out o' Sheffield, till you come to a boozing-ken called the Ram's head, and say to the buffer, The Whit be burnt!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"And what's the cove as owns it going to say to that?"

“Fine fellow. He’s been with us for twelve years and concentrates on nineteenth century prose.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“They say your father’s face can stop a clock. Is this true?”

"People are one thing -- the ravings of a crazy old woman, that's something else."

Agoak by Yves Theriault

"But what about in the South?"

“I can see Swindon involved in similar disturbances before too long.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Did you hear about the surrealist riot in Chichester last night?”

(Very late edit - I've just realised that non-UK posters might not have realised that Swindon and Chichester are in the south of England and hence their use. Apologies - I'll be more careful in future.)

"What he meant by slipping in this extraordinary question unawares, I was at a total loss to imagine,"

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"Do you happen to know if she has had a new outfit of linen lately?"

"In the final analysis, just about everybody wore mukluks and anoraks...and had an infant in their hood!"

Agoak by Yves Theriault

"And what was it you wanted to prove?"

"Nothing that concerns you."

The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

'Are you my apprentice or my mother?"

"Now is she a vixen, or am I a fool, or both?"

Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini

"Surely the thing is worth a little risk?"

"But what he doesn't know is how safe it may be for a bridle-cull to meddle in such matters."

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"P'raps you'll tell me, sir, how he could set about convincing me -- me not being easy to convince?"

"The years that had passed had left nothing of his old self, except the bright, straightforward look in his eyes. There I found our nice boy again, and there I concluded to stop in my investigation."

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"Have you got the Diamond safe, sir?"

"Mine, mine at last, and in spite of it all!"

Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatini

"And for what, if you please, have you said twenty thousand pieces of eight?"

"Enough seal to fill what space we have...and enough fish for the dogs to survive on, and no more."

Agoak by Yves Theriault

"What do you think you're doing?"

“Close your eyes and you’ll see.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“You like it, madam?”

"Indeed, you may say so. He's taking risks that few would take in his place."

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

"How have I been ungrateful and to whom?"

"Uh-oh, sounds like confession time."

Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson

"And could you make enough for me, too, please?"

"No, I -- Why - why, yes!"

The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer

"And for what purpose were you carrying a lantern?"

"Put your hand on the table, there in the light, and I will offer you the future as I see it in your palm."

The Ring of the Slave Prince by Bjarne Reuter

"Is this supposed to be a riddle, or a bad joke?"

"Listen to what I say and think about it. Give me a chance. Yes?"

A World Invisible by Joanna O'Neill

"But who wouldn't care if they were being spied on by some weirdo who smelled of herbs and had his own personal air-conditioning?"

"Who could this favored male visitor possibly be?"

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"Oh! May I take a flower?"

Her answer was a faint shrug.

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Why me, damn you?"

"Nice try, Ed, but you know we can't tell you that. Nothing would give us greater pleasure, but we don't even know that ourselves"

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

"Who sent you?"

'here is the man himself. come Brandon--we know when we are not wanted.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'has she shown you her tree house?'

"My grandmother is ninety-eight years old!"

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

"You're my son, right?"

"My father's name, and his father's, and mine, is Gulkonoth: stone."

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.

"What happened to the mare?"

“We’ll talk about it over dinner sometime, as long as we’re not eating steak tartar.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Mr Delamare, my friend, have you committed your wicked act today?”

"Yes, truly quite terrible. The whole house had to be torn down."

First Light by Rebecca Stead

"Why now? Why not next year?"

Touchstones not working

#174 I have to edit to make the touchstones work almost every time. I'm pretty sure it's because I paste in my posts and I do it too fast - I need to remember to wait a couple of seconds for the machinery to catch up before I click the 'submit' button.

“Why? Why for fame of course!”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“When is the winter of our discontent?”

Thanks, rankamateur. Patience is not one of my strong points, :-), but I'll give it a try.

"Next month, probably."

First Light by Rebecca Stead

"But what if things are moving even faster?"

“Move to the side.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Would you? Would you really?”

"The dispute between us ended, after that, in my wiping my eyes, like an old fool, with my new woollen waistcoat, and saying I would think about it."

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"Miss Rachel will surely come right again, if you only give her time?"

She developed saddlesores, and gritted her teeth and ignored them, and rather than getting worse as she had expected, they eased and then went away altogether, and with them the aches and pains.

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"What is that stuff?"

rankamateur, I loved your response in 173

"I would have to explain linoleum and bleach and soft-core pornography and the shape-changing magic of the British one-pound coin, as if all of these everyday things were very wonderful mysteries."

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

"Why do you cary that bag, girl, if there is nothing in it?"

"I know, isn't it crazy?"

First Light by Rebecca Stead

"Whoa. What's a crevasse?"

"I shall take up the inquiry again, I went on, at the point where I dropped it; and I shall follow it onwards, step by step..."

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"Has 'Robinson Crusoe' informed you, this evening, that you might expect to see Franklin Blake?"

"Oh please, he is so NOT my type!"

Jemina J by Jane Green

"Are you suffering from a hangover?"

Winona didn't know how to answer

True Colors by Kristin Hannah

"He called you as a lawyer?"

'hush, please, now that is enough, Margaret. if you cannot think of anything appropriate to say, you will please restrict your remarks to the weather.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

"and who is 'dear Edward?'"

*there aren't any touchstones for this one.

“We hear the man’s a psychopath.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Did you kill him?”

"There arenʻt any Touchstones for
Bringing Jane Austens Novel... (186)

I suspect that you didnʻt get teh Touchstones because of the apostrophe in "Austenʻs". "Search" doesnt do apostrophes. But the funny thing is
that if you give them the title in brackets -- incorrectly -- WITHOUT the apostrophe --they will give you back the title in blue WITH the apostrophe.

Testing: Sense and Sensibility Screen play and Diaries -- Bringing Jane Austens Novel to Film

In general, I havenʻt gotten interested in whether or not Touchstones appear, but the above is for those who are still surprised when they donʻt appear.
Iʻm not saying this is the only possible reason
for the lack of Touchstones, but it is a frequent
one.

Result of the Test: Not as I expected. Well, I may have deviated from their exact wording in some other way. But I have seen similar tests come out as described above.

(Responding to #187)

"Can't talk now. Bye."

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

"Why did I bring those?"

The boot contained a lot of iron stakes, several mallets, a large crucifix and a pick and shovel.

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“You didn’t take your tablets, did you?”

"You'll life to regret this!" he cried.

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser

"Was that what the minister means when he talks of fornication?"

"Yeah, I like it, too."

Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint

"How can you tell?"

"I did some checking around."

True Colors by Kristin Hannah

"What's a jackpot, exactly?"

'a hundred pounds a year to the mother while she lives.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson*

'what does Fanny want with the silver?'

*used HTML since touchstones out of joint.

There was no doubt in her mind that she was getting him at the tail end of a two-day drunk.

True Colors by Kristin Hannah

"Can we talk about me for a change?"

All right, he was a bore. But a nice one.

Ibiza Surprise by Dorothy Dunnett

"Who knows you're sometimes called She-she?"

"I don't see as how it's any of your business, but as you don't seem to have any intention of sodding off as I suggested, I'll tell you my real name. It's Alice."

Put Out The Fires by Maureen Lee

"Whose turn is it to climb the ladder?"

"He didn't tell me."

Ibiza Surprise by Dorothy Dunnett

"Does penitence frighten you?"

“Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“do you think Dad’s boffing Emma Hamilton?”

"Such is progress."

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

"Why would I joke about something like that?"

“Now I know you’re joking.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Any news on Brainbox and the Fatarse?”

"All intelligence points toward the Americans invading us any day now and setting Franco up with a peanut stand down in Melilla."

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"What are these scars from?"

“She won the battalion ladies’ boxing tournament.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“Want me to break your nose again?”

'ah, feminine mystique strikes again.'*

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'pray, when may we expect the pleasure of your brother's company?'

*Thompson quoting Alan Rickman

--"Does (your brother, a cop) KNOW anything?"

--"Of course not. Do you think Iʻm thick?"

--"In future keep well away from that bastard."

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

"Thatʻs what I am, is it? A delaying tactic?"

'Brandon, my boy, do not think of yourself so meanly--'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'what became of the lady?'

"I feel like a potato that's recently been mashed."

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"don't we have some fairly urgent business in the valley?"

"She smiled wanly, patted his hand, and left."

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King

"What would happen if one of the unhatched queens escaped from her cell?"

On the ground there was utter pandemonium. "This is inhuman," she wept. "It's nowt but sheer bloody carnage."

Put Out The Fires by Maureen Lee

"How are we going to survive this?"

'Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and the pelvis beneath the ribcage. apparently rock and roll liberated the pelvis and it hasn't been the same since. we all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'why does Morag (Ross, costume designer) always wear black?'

"Oh, Vic," she whispered... "I've been a very bad girl."

Lovestruck b Stephanie Bond

"Did you get to have any fun?

#211 oh shoot, diva, i just spewed water all over the monitor. ;)

"'You try it,' he said darkly. 'i haven't played a scene yet and I'm already married and being followed by you lot. . .'"

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'what's so funny?'

"I beg your pardon, sir. I had not intended to betray amusement, but I could not help being a little entertained by your appearance. It is somewhat odd, sir"

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

"What are you doing with that knife?" he inquired.

"A good question...I wonder that myself sometimes."

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

"You, too, are a magician?"

“Blast. Rumbled.”

‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde.

“And where are we going to find a lobotomized monkey at this time of night?”

... "the last settlement of any consequence, a pestilential, medieval hellhole known as Lobuje."

Left For Dead by Beck Weathers

"Why try something simple like that?"

"My sol, I don't believe it has been tried before."

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"What did you fear?"

"Television, my dear Daniel, is the Antichrist, and I can assure you that after only three or four generations, people will no longer even know how to fart on their own and humans will return to living in caves, to medieval savagery, and to the general state of imbecility that slugs overcame back in the Pleistocene era."

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"Is the shop for rent?"

I shook my head. She held my hand and brought it to her lips.

The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

"What are you doing up here?"

"You ask that of a woman?"

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

"Will you wait here for me?" she asked.

"Maybe I changed my mind!"

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"He just unwrapped a bundle of figs, lemons, grapes, carobs, and olives in the middle of town as though he were bringing a million gold dinars. he couldn't get rid of that smile."

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

"Just tell me, is he our son, Moshe?"

'indeed, yes.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'how did you find the silver? is it all genuine?'

"Give me a few days and I'll have a full report ready for you."

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"Are you the owner of this establishment?"

"More than you, I'm sure..."

The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"Isn't it obvious?"

Say nothing that can't be explained away later, Jo reminded herself.

Lovestruck by Stephanie Bond

"Are there any other hotels named Pleasure Palisades in the area?"

"You wouldn't find it in a thousand years."

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"May I ask who this Nuria Monfort is?"

"People said she'd been born in the shacks of Bogatelle beach, that her mother had abandoned her in the Somorostro shantytown and she'd grown up among beggars and fugitives."

The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

"Why?"

"They were too stoned and lazy to manage much follow-through..."

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

"Had they fallen in love?"

the bold clarity of this question discomforts ELINOR*

'i do not attempt to deny that i think very highly of him--that i greatly esteem--that i like him.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'is love a fancy or a feeling?'

*eta direction

"Yeah...maybe"

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling

"And then what does she think's going to happen?"

Sarah thought, "She's letting them go free this afternoon. She knows Raymond wants to be with me."

Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie

"Shall I come with you?"

"No," I said firmly, "I will attend to him. Leave the whole conduct of the affair to me."

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

"What the devil has he done to his face?"

"Oh - it's horrible - horrible - "

The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard

"But what are we going to do?"

'Ang struck the gongs, we all cheered and planted incense in the rice bowls. i cried.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'is this going to happen every day, guv?'

"You look dismayed about that."

Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught

"Why would you be dismayed if I were a nun?"

"I think dating opprortunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling

"What are we going to do with them?"

"Will you stop trying to exploit my professional knowledge for your private ends! I didn't do twenty years of hard grind to have my brains picked by every ignorant layman who finds out I'm a copper!"

The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard

"Did you see anyone you knew at the exhibition?"

'Kate arrived looking slightly wild.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'who's that?'

"The Lady Aerin. You should begin to recognize her, you know; you have seen her often enough."

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"What is this place--here--?"

'INT. NORLAND PARK. ENTRANCE HALL OUTSIDE LIBRARY.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'excuse me--i was wondering--do you by any chance have such a thing as a reliable atlas?'

"The simplicity of her innermost desire is now enough to make me cry."

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

"Not a bad place to be, eh love?"

'i'm on the top of the building, between eves, rain and wind howling. no duvets but old fashioned sheets and blankets and good tomato soup. England.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'what does Jane do?'

"She has been like the sunshine, always cheering and comforting me."

The Story of a Soul by Therese of Lisieux

"Wasn't it wonderful for St. Agnes herself to give me a souvenir of her house?"

'our gratitude, Mr. Willoughby, is beyond expression.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'who is reading Shakespeare's sonnets?'

"It's a full house!" she said. "And they're still queueing up outside!"

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"You're new to this, right?" said the little man.

"You have US to a T. How long have YOU been in the force?"

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

"Havenʻt I told you about my anonymous letters?"

"Don't tell me, ya fuckin bug, I'll tell you."

The Stand by Stephen King

"I'm gonna lay low for a while. Check out the situation. Can you dig that happy crappy?"

"No, it's all right . . . The slugs have formed a defensive ring."

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"Yeah, and what's this runny stuff?"

"I don't know how to describe this illness, it was so strange."

The Story of a Soul by Therese of Lisieux

"What kind of novice is one that has to be sent for a stroll every day?"

"Fairly obvious to me," said the Archchancellor. "Lad keeps coming within an ace of passin'."

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"What is your name?"

"John Willoughby of Alllenham--your servant, ma'am.'

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film by Emma Thompson

'he expressed himself well, did he not?'

*eta comma

"Pay us more money," said Dibbler, "to say it again, only in larger letters."

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"What are those?" he said.

"There is a dead body in front of us," Stoffmacher snapped. "Your dirty shoes don't matter!"

Mr.Monk Goes to Germany by Lee Goldberg

"Could I have my oxygen mask now?" Monk said.

"All right, all right," he grumbled.

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"I suppose you don't need an assistant?" said Victor wistfully.

He considered hiring an actress to play the part...

Remember When by Judith McNaught

"Does your uncle's desire to see you married very soon seem unreasonable to you?"

"But I am only seventeen. My season has barely begun. I intend to enjoy it, not be married off to the first poxy old barrister with money."

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

"Are your feelings hurt?"

"I'll get you for that. Anyway, you owe me a dollar."

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"What d'you mean, count mice?"

"It's fine, I understand."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

"Did you see he's grown a stupid little beard?"

"Indeed, my lady, and in truth we must not repeat these words."

Girl in a Red Tunic by Alys Clare

"Will the ransom be sufficient?"

"Mother!" Mrs. Foster said in a low, imploring voice. "This isn't the time or the place for that."

Remember When by Judith McNaught

"What's wrong with that?"

A NEW GAME COMMENCETH HERE!*

*thanks moibib--finally got it to work. :)

Great picture! That looks like one happy dog.

Yes it does. I like dogs, but if I ever wanted a pet it would be a cat. They fit my personality; feisty and affectionate, with a whole lotta attitude.