A silly book game part 20

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

last post from game 19:

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"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?"

'nothing that a syringe of horse sedative won't cure.'

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

'does the horror really start so young these days?'

.

"You mustn't let it affect you," he said. "Such horrors . . . bound to occur.

The Stand by Stephen King

"Can you find your way?"

Surely the campus bookstore sold hiking guides.

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

"Shouldn't I have a gun?"

"No . . . guns. Rifles or revolvers, or whatever it is you use. They'll only, um, go wrong."
*The ellipsis is in the book.

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"What should I ask first?"

"Although I remained silent and lacked the courage, there was only one question I wanted to ask."

Cabin Fever: The Best of New Canadian Non-fiction

"What were you doing in the playground?"

"We wear garlands in our hair, tell naughty jokes, laugh and shout, confess our fears and our hopes. We even belch without restraint."

A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

"Will your brother be coming today?"

'indeed yes. Edward is the eldest--Mama quite depends on him. he is traveling up from Plymouth shortly and will break his journey here.'

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

'you have two brothers, have you not?'

"Iʻm just here to see the show, the same as you."
(He didnʻt dare tell her that his brother WAS the hypnotist.) (emphasis and punctuation added).

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

"But do you think heʻll be all right?"

If he drank one beer, maybe he could unwind enough to go home, and if he took long enough, maybe Martha would be asleep by the time he got there.

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

"Rough night, huh?"

'SATURDAY 17 JUNE hung over again. got up this morning and could not find my glasses. finally had to seek assistance. Kate found them under the flower arrangement.'

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

'why don't you try throwing up?

"Good thinking!"

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

"Remember what Muriel said?"

'She said Jane was being pestered by someone at work."

Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham

"Didn't you even bother to check this out?"

"I assumed the corporation's auditors would oversee it."

Tender Triumph by Judith McNaught

"It's not really the man himself you object to, is it?"

"...my very feelings changed to repulsion and terror when I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall..."

Dracula - Bram Stoker

"What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of man?"

She raised her eyes to where his should be, under his blazing white helm, and saw spots of red fire; below that, teeth were bared in a grin in a jaw that might once have been human.

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

"Are you hurt?"

MARIANNE (transfixed)
Only my ankle.

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

'is there any felicity in the world superior to this?'

LOL, mirrordrum!

"There is a very jolly game called 'Turnpikes,' but it wants rather an open space.

Kate Greenaway's Book of Games by Kate Greenaway

"How many horses has your father got?"

'six horses, three carriages, six dogs, six actors--madness.'

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

'what the hell am i doing?'

*eta #19 thanks diva.

"I know exactly what you're doing wrong, cutting up dead bodies, removing brains, hearts and lungs ..."

Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham

"So, where's the next piercing going then?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"Two inches to the right."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"Was there ever so ample a dunce?"

"I'm afraid not."

The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King

"Was it him, then? Tall, thin?"

"Yes. The Four Mile Circus. Everybody's talking about him."

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

"When will you be sober again?"

"A hundred years? I should think it would take at least as long as that."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"Do you begin to feel at home yet?"

"Bocce balls clicked out on the lawn."

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Why hasn't anybody shaved Georgie? Who is going to shave Georgie?"

"Angelica?"

The Princess Bride byWilliam Goldman

"She's only been with us a week then?"

'. . .that will not do. family affairs are in chaos owing to your absence. mother is quite adamant that you should leave at once.'

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

'where did you disappear to?'

"I went back to my lounge chair. Alone."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"Do I have to love it, too?"

"Don't be daft."

Consequences by Penelope Lively

"When were you happiest?"

"Ah! Happily, we appear to have achieved coffee."

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

"You mentioned a new device?"

"My expectations were wrong, for twice during the night I was wakened by Lucy trying to get out."

Dracula - Bram Stoker

"Well, what else be they tombstones for?"

'night shoots.'

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

'what sort of man is he, Miss Dashwood?'*

*now having to switch between diary and screenplay. sorry.

"The truth will come out about his innocence..."

Night Whispers by Judith McNaught

"Do you think, if I waited a while and wrote him a letter, that he'd at least read it?"

"This is not the time for hysterics."

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

"How could you have known of this fellow's treachery?"

“Becuz when they mumble they’re saying the Lord’s Prayer backards.”

‘Tom Sawyer’ by Mark Twain.

“Say – what is dead cats good for, Huck?”

"I don't take any stock in cats."

Dracula - Bram Stoker

"What?...You don't mean to tell me you don't care about spiders?"

"'it's a girl thing,' Lindsay and I replied."

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

'which are your favorites?'

"I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"You're not pleased?"

"If he tries this," she says, "then half the people in the world will be against it."

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

"Are you asleep now?"

"I'll do my best to stay awake . . . but I'm awful sleepy, Daddy . . ."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"Who can know when his world is going to change?"

"I checked it out for you recently in a biology book. It wasn't as clearly explained as here, of course; a lot of stuff about the autonomic nervous system."

Aches and Pains by Maeve Binchy

"So you say it couldn't possibly be so easy? It is. Why would I lie to you?"

"Rubbish!" said Clover. "Neither of us is capable of it."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"Aren't you conscious of a little qualm of regret, Clover?"

“Come, now, that’s enough of that. This ain’t any time for blubbering.”

‘Tom Sawyer’ by Mark Twain.

“Hucky, do you believe the dead people like it for us to be here?”

"D'you think they wouldn't catch on that you looked upon it as a sort of cultured slumming? They wouldn't be at their ease any more than you would."

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

"Does that mean that unless I'm prepared to come back to Chicago you don't want to marry me?"

“Don’t you be afraid of that – it ain’t anything at all. Please, Becky.”

‘Tom Sawyer’ by Mark Twain.

“Hucky, you sure you can keep mum?”

"But I have to go away before long, back to my home and my work, and I really cannot go without speaking."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"How many are there of you?"

'. . .about one hundred and twenty people. . .'

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

'why are they coming to live at Norland?'

"A home. Glossy or otherwise. A weekend in the country: first sex."

Consequences by Penelope Lively

"Could it be that she is in a dysfunctional marriage?"

"He didn't turn out to be what I expected."

The Earl Claims His Wife by Cathy Maxwell

"Do you wish to destroy him?"

"I don't know why you thought so." Foster said coldly.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Dorothy M. Johnson

"Where is he?"

"Six months ago he returned from the war and instead of coming to see me, he went to his mistress."

The Earl Claims His Wife by Cathy Maxwell

"Was Wright happy about that?"

"It would be inconceivable."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"Why do you ask?"

"This is an old argument between us."

The Earl Claims His Wife by Cathy Maxwell

"Did Wright forget to pay your bills?"

"Surely even someone as arrogant as you cannot expect me to give an answer."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"Do you think I could make you suffer greatly?"

"(Kate) fainted at 6 p.m.--so cold, so wet for so long. Alan found Ang sitting on a box, his head low, his fists clenched.
'I tortured her,' he moaned.
'don't worry,' said Alan. 'you'll have the opportunity to do it to me soon.'"

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

'what became of the lady?'

"I've been going to royalty school three years, now."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"It just seems not very sportsmanlike, doesn't it?"

"That you're athletic? It's pretty obvious to me."

Sean Cassel in The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver.

"So is this a problem?"

"Well, maybe by your standards..."

Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler

"Why did you phone, exactly?"

"No, no, no. No more from me, Miss Templer Youʻve had nearly long enough to trace this (call).

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin

"Where does Ian Knott work? . . . Is he in today?"

"I think Geoff Boggis said he used to do a bit of amateur dramatics. Some acting lot in Tresham, I think."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Did you say that he chatted up the barmaids?"

'Her name is Julie and she works at the Big Nugget."

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Dorothy M Johnson

"What's it like, being married?"

"It is probable that men will have more than one wife in the coming America. That you will have a half-Oriental womanhood, and a polygamy."

Studies in Classic American Literature
by D.H. Lawrence

"Can England die? And what if England dies?"

"'Surprised' doesn't express it. 'Flabbergasted,' though low, comes nearer my meaning."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"Hold up a bit! What do you know about their notions?"

ʻDamn all ideas and all ideals! Damn all the false stress! I am I. Here am I. Where are you?

Ah, there you are! Now, damn the consequences, we have met. Thatʻs my idea of democracy. If you can call it an idea."

Studies in Classic American Literature
by D. H. Lawrence

"Ahab . . . only shows himself after some days at sea. Thereʻs a secret about him: What?"

'his colon is grumbling.'

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

'why should you dislike him?

"Insists on being reckless and jolly on every occasion. Must be afraid, too, really."

Studies in Classic American Lierature
by D.H. lawrence

" ʻWhat is thy name? . . .ʻ "

"Buttercup."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"But if that is true, then why are you smiling?"

"He laughs longest who laughs last."

Studies in Classic American Literature
by D.H. Lawrence

"Something seems to whisper it in the very dark trees of Ameirca: Doom! Doom of what?"

“Oh, dang it now, DON’T take on so; we all has to have our troubles, and this ‘n ‘ll come out all right.”

‘Huckleberry Finn’ by Mark Twain.

Then he studied it over and said, couldn’t I put on some of them old things and dress up as a girl?*

(*MT didn’t use quotes on this bit.)

"This I did not see coming, Daniel, no. None of it."

The Likeness by Tana French

"What do you think: does she know who the daddy is?"

'the father, whoever he was, abandoned them.'

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

'what do you know of my heart? what do you know of anything but your own suffering?'

"Now Alice," Clayton said, "you know that isn't true."

Baptism in Blood by Jane Haddam

"So what is it that you disapprove of so much?"

"I've always been told that the American food was dreadfully messy," observed Imogen, nettled into reprisals; "pepper on eggs, and all that sort of thing,--very messy and nasty, indeed."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"I suppose the county around New York isn't very wild, is it?"

"We don't know yet, love," she said, "but they'll find out."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Isn't there somewhere else we could hold these meetings?"

"I'll close off the Thieves Quarter."

The Princes Bride by William Goldman

"Will you draw your sword with your free hand?"

Angelini sidestepped the attack, grabbed the assailant's arm and yanked it back over his shoulder with a sickening bone-breaking sound that sent the youth stumbling backward into the alley, howling in pain.

Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught

He paused and said, very kindly, "Is there anything else I can do to help?"

"No," Jackson said. "The tigers are like Skull Face. They stalk and are rarely seen."

The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel

"Why are all those terrible things growing down there?"

"The Pass of Silver Ice is a strange place. Odd things frequently occur."

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede

"I don't suppose you know what happened to the two missing bits?"

"We'll have it taken care of by dawn."

The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel

"Where's the helicopter going to land?"

#82: Dealing With Dragons is one of my favorite books! I don't actually know how many times I have read it! Enjoy!

"Oh, I dunno. Iceland, the South Pole, somewhere like that."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Is there anything you bloody well don't know?"

"I am dealing with all tribal matters," he replied. "But at such a time, war and politics are one and the same thing."

The White Mare by Jules Watson

"Should you antagonize him so, brother?"

"Could've been him," said Derek. "He's the sort, isn't he? Schoolmaster, an' that."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"What do you reckon's happened?"

"Road washed out," she said.

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede

"Do you think it would help if I wrote my parents a letter?"

The woman frowned at this flippancy, but nodded. "Yes," she said.

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Hazel! For God's sake, why didn't you answer?"

"I was all set to kill myself, truly."

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"What's on the menu for this evening?"

"You put the kettle on, and I'll make us some egg and bacon."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Does Hazel know about me?"

'oho! have you sniffed that one out already mother? you are worse than my best pointer, Flossie.'

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

'what is the matter?'

"The train was broken all to bits, and nearly every one on board was hurt,--catawumpously chawed up in fact, as you Americans would say."

In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge

"Why, what are you all laughing at?"

"So you see," he says, "King Edward's advisers were planning to marry him to a French princess."

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

"Your Grace was wasted?"

It dulled the fear and that was all that mattered, so she'd drunk a double draught of saor, just to be sure.

The White Mare by Jules Watson

"Can I now sing, lord?"

"BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

The Princess Bride by William Goldman''

"What did they want from him?

"To overcome feelings of guilt and inadequacy"

Nothing is Impossible by Christopher Reeve.

"How did I ascend from working New York actor to present-day Messiah?"

"In fact, it is a pattern I am investigating."

The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King

""Was she involved in drugs?"

Hazel shook her head. "Not drugs," she said, "it was something else, but nobody was talking."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"What happened with the young farmers?"

"I have always been of the opinion that emigration is the only thing for England."

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

"what can we do with a woman who faints?"

"Sometimes it helps to come down and sit for a bit."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Did you know that Prue was pregnant?"

"Oh, that can't be it. Not at her age."

Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler

"False alarm?"

"I shouldn't say any more, Mrs. Meade. Family business, really. All I can say is that weren't no bad case of flu that took her into the hospital that time."

Terror on Tuesday by Ann Purser

"Is there a way to handle this?"

"We try to teach them by example, as Erasmus suggests . . ."

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

"This is not your job, Alice?"

Edited for typo

"Not in the way you're thinking."

Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler

"Can you imagine how that makes me feel?"

"0h, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

"Oh, Mr. Ghost, I mean Sir Simon, are you hungry?"

“Since the night I got killed.”

‘Huckleberry Finn’ by Mark Twain.

“Well you must be most starved, ain’t you?”

"Kate and i at dinner revert to girlishness thus: 'oh no no no I'm not eating, ooh that looks good, can i taste it, give it here then, are you going to finish that? christ no of course i can't have pudding bring four spoons, just an inch then, just to relax me, no don't take the bottle away it's a waste definitely not coffee do you have decaf?' etc. it's pathetic."*

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

'are you asleep?'

*christ not capped in the diaries; also punctuation is as in diaries

"It's possible."

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

"So you have conversations?"

"Can't anyone hear me? Can anyone hear?"

The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel

"Oh, God, you're going to cook us aren't you?"

“I couldn’ git nuffn else,”

‘Huckleberry Finn’ by Mark Twain.

“Why didn’t you get mud-turkles?”

"I'm not doing that this year."

Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler

"And your sister?"

"If she wants them, she can have them."

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede

"Where are we going to put them all?"

"Georgetown, Massachusetts," he replied with disgust.

Animal Appetite by Susan Conant

"So tell me about this poison?"

"It casts a cloud of darkness for twenty miles around when it's poured on the ground."

Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede

"You mean that blackness is likely to come back?"

"Pinkerton's Champion Stain Remover and Paragon Detergent will clean it up in no time"

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

"Have you ever read the old prophecy on the library window?"

West actually looked a little sheepish, "Don't tell anyone, but I stole it."

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"Did you mess up?"

#s108 - 116 make marvelous reading, esp. 115-116. great mirth in the morning.

'if you keep a keg of dynamite around the house you've got to expect some noise sooner or later. that's what i am, a keg of dynamite.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'why were you against it?'

"Don't act like you don't know." Wright yelled. "I saw the way you acted, you weren't yourself, you were tense about something."

Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke

"So, tell me now, did you do it?"

"Shot him five times."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"You talk like a dime novel. Has anybody else told you that?

"I have made you angry," Gardiner observes.

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

"Why should I not swear at them?"

"You know that is a common way of talking I cannot abide"

Confessions of a Jane Austen addict by Laurie Viera Rigler.

"God. What kind of fascist regime have I landed in?"

"A mental hospital. That's about all I know.'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"But do we lose our past to assure our future?"

"Wolfe: 'if the one demands the other?'
Hibbard: 'i hope not. i pray not' . . ."

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'why did you read it?'

"Did I leave that in ? I meant to cut that ?"

The Imperfectionists

"And it's solid ?"

According to the papers."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"How does psychopharmacology apply?"

'i haven't engaged to satisfy your curiosity.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'damn you, where is it?'

"It's just been hidden, concealed by the labor of ten thousand workers. The keepers of the Capstone put a roof over the inlet, bricked over the entrance, and then covered it all over with sand."

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"Would you mind telling the rest of us mere mortals what in the blazes you are talking about?"

"He said that we should grab Hannah and Kelly and elope to Vegas."

Chances Are by Barbara Bretton

"Why are you so obsessed about weight?"

"I won't be next time," Stretch growled.

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"So where is the entrance?"

"I can't tell you."

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler.

"Have you forgot everything?"

"I'm beginning to doubt now if I ever really saw anything at all."

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

"Doesn't anything more come back to you?"

"Do you remember the sunseason that we met? He flashed that disarming grin. "Lying in the sun, just like this, on the warm sand."

The White Mare by Jules Watson

"Surely they won't believe the honeyed words of that strutting cock?"

"But I expect," she said, "your husband is just the same. I expect all husbands are alike in the long run."

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

"Is she a widow too?"

"You're joking, right?"

16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber

"How can you even suggest such a thing?"

"Well, guy from Brooklyn thinks he's a farmer, I guess he is Section Eight."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane'

"What's the tower?"

"Oversized octagonal pillars..." Zoe said, her mind racing, "only one ancient structure was known to possess oversized octagonal pillars -- the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus."

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"Anything down there?"

'the snake, the fox the mouse that/nibbles his hole, the patient cat, the hawk, the ape/that grins,/the wolf, the crocodile, the worm/that works his way/up through the slime and down again to hide.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'there was a cliff around handy?'

When we were little we'd make this bridge and try to see how many Barbies we could get to balance on it.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

"You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake?"

'The path is long and twisted, but we can follow it - and the domain is endless.'

Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

'How shall we identify the insane?'

"I'm afraid references do bring an atmosphere into our holiday plan that isn't quite what we want"

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

"But if she can't come to the club how can she go to Italy?"

"Let's just get the SWAT team en route and we'll work out the details later."

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

"Does Uncle Thoby think he can just slip Toff in under the radar like this?"

"He slipped past us by going straight to the port from the dueling ground. He must have planned it moons ago, secreting clothes and jewels, and organizing a boat to stand by."

The White Mare by Jules Watson

"Am I to understand that you will speak in my favor tomorrow?"

"I'll do it. I'm going to get you out of here."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"You've never worked with him before, have you?"

"I'm here as your father's friend and executor."

Come, Thou Tortoise
by Jessica Grant

"So, you knew when you left England that my father would need executing?"

"Yes, Takezaki Kita," the judge repeated slowly, "A kirishitan daimyo, who was executed when he refused to give up his faith."

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

"And what sort of man would choose death rather than betray his friends?"

"Verlaine, the Swiss troll who eats mice!"

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

"So, he has five hearts?"

"He must be a holy man."

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

"What were you doing so long in the temple?"

ʻIʻve come about the special showing
of "Sword of Passion".ʻ

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

"Special Showing? What special showing/"

'i have know that what you want is action, and doubtless i have tried your patience. i'm sorry.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'why did you come to see me?'

"It's not God. Just my parents. I want to sue them for the rights to my own body."

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

"So what's the matter with you?"

"She's had a bit of a shock, I'd say."

The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson

"Am I completely mad to cut my hair?"

"Then it's true! You are getting a role in the play that Tomomi is writing."

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

"Why are you wearing that? What does it signify?"

"I can feel him tugging at my hairnet."

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

"Why are we sitting in the dark?"

"All the other hotels (as you must have noticed) are closed."

Gasoline by Quim Monzo

"Why should he have been amazed?"

"Because it hurts."

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

"What happened to your face?"

'i suppose it's where i left it.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'well where was it?'

"The sixth floor, the maternity ward."

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

My mother lifts her face to mine. "Anna," she whispers, "what the hell is this?"

"This is a very rare tea," he exclaimed, "It must have been grown on the western slopes of Mt. Fuji, near Shizoka."

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

"May I ask how you were able to identify the place where it was grown?"

"Well, it's too involved to describe, you know, it'd put you to sleep. It does me."

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

"So do you want the treatment?"

"There is no treating going on here, Marshal."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"Now ask yourself, how does pain enter the body?"

"We've been too good--much too good"

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

"But won't you have some more?"

"Perhaps just one, for the sake of politeness."

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

"But you knew what he was planning, why didn't you warn me?"

'reserve your disapproval, Archie. save your fake moralities for your solitude.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'why did you steal it?'

"I don't know."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"'What goes on in the lighthouse?' he said."

"Boogeyman," he said. "There's a boogeyman out there and he eats children."

A Quiet Belief In Angels by R.J. Ellory

"Who told you that?"

" 'I don't think you're listening to me', broke in Herudina."

Gasoline by Quim Monzo

"If he could just diagram this feeling of perplexity! But how?"

"Good question. It is a most curious problem, but one that takes on a new level of importance at this time."

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"What is this trap?"

"You can bet Sherlock Holmes would not have allowed himself to become so besotted with a dog that he compromised his investigation."

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

"Why hadn't my Dad been interviewed on 60 Minutes...?

"He declined, naturally."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"So you've just been waiting for an excuse to come out here?"

"Crying is not included in the room rate."

My Sister's Keeper by jodi Picoult

"Did you want to get your crown of thorns out of the suitcase first?"

"Suit yourself.'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"What caused the fall?"

I think I'd better read that book, aviddiva, because that sounds exactly like something my sister would say! lol

"Get off the ladder," West yelled, "You can't dodge the boulders if you are on it --"

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"If the Mossad can't find him, how on earth are we going to find him on such short notice?"

"She's arrived in a sweat, carrying two bags from a department store."

Gasoline by Quim Monzo

"What is it he finds surprising?"

"You're going to say I'm crazy, but I'm thinking about breaking and entering."

Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood

"So what are we breaking into?"

"He spoke a kind of Chinese that I don't understand very well, but I think he said something about a lamasery near here, along the valley, I gathered, where we could get food and shelter. Shangri-La, he called it."

Lost Horizon by James Hilton

"Do we all have to line up for the bathroom, or is this an American hotel?"

'i would not endeavor to place plain to your eyes the sights my own have discerned. God made you and me, in certain respects, unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'what the devil is it, anyhow?'

"That's your house. You went there because the doctors suggested it for your wife."

Shutter Island by Dennie Lehane

"You remember? After she accidentally set your previous apartment on fire?"

"I have run from that secret all of my life. It is time for me to tell the story, to let it out into the world, for good or for bad."

Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood

"How did she find out about it?"

"When I had cleared customs I was questioned by the military police."

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe

"Why do you ask me questions if you don't believe anything I tell you?"

Lots of people phoned today saying that theyʻre Sibylla. How do we know that youʻre the right one?

Missing by Karin Altvegen

Whoʻs that speaking, please?

"Teddy didn't speak. Chuck didn't speak."

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"These f**Kers'll kill you. Clear?"

"Swear jar....," Lily said.

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"How does an entire inlet disappear?"

"I'll have to see the Commissioners about this, and find out what it all means."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"What's the blooming thing for?"

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"I don't know Reilly, I don't know."

A Quiet Belief In Angels by R. J. Ellory

"Can you stay here with us for a little while?"

"Later," West said, "now we run!"

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"Do you seriously think you can outrun me?"

"Do you think there's a man who will come to the house to time us?"

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picault

"How come people get vaporized, but they still manage to find clothes in trees, and those black boxes?"

"There was something contradictory about his athletic build and his disheveled appearance.

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

"Have you heard about the man who had twin sons?"

"I tried to explain that John was in my living room and that he, unlike Cinderella, asked me questions about household products."

Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

"Why had the Virgin Mother appeared at Lourdes instead of Niagara Falls?"

"The meteorologists had a field day, trying to explain the phenomenon. They mentioned biblical plagues and El Nino and our prolonged drought."

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

"Is it true you can use the stars like a map?"

"It took him an hour and a half in the moonlight, and he climbed with the stars…'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

"What else would you think, a woman who hides in a cave?"

"I give up. What?"

Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck

"Why doesn't your animal have a neck?"

"Because the transplant involves major surgery."

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

"So what's with the dog?"

'i used it to bring me up. i'd just as soon have one of your men take it down to the car for me.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'what have you got in that bag?'

"An obelisk," he answered, "for the Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis."

Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck

"Where do you get words like obelisk and venerable?"

"It's a long story. Trust me."

Down River by John Hart

"They think that I had something to do with it?"

"I believe you. That's what worries me."

Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck

"What is the meaning of this confounded intrusion?"

"It's hard to ask, and I know you have been working very hard these last weeks. But I need someone to dig a hole in my garden."

The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas

"Why did you pinch it, Marc?"

"I don't believe there was any kind of crime he left uncommitted."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"But what's the use of killing off your audience that way?"

"Did you ever do something you knew was wrong, even though it felt right?"

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

"What did your wife say to make you change your mind?"

"She didn't say anything at first. She just went white as a ghost."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"Know anything about her work background?"

"It's a county matter."

Down River by John Hart

"You said that it's gotten ugly. How ugly?"

They'd lost two of their best team members, lost their base of operations, and lost the one and only piece they ever got.

Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

"What do we do now?"

'I'm really not much good at negotiation, I am too blunt. it is a shortcoming of temperament not to be overcome.'

The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

'you aren't at all nimble, are you?'

"Are you planted here, Miss Sands, or are you waiting for me to bleed to death to save yourself the trouble of a lawsuit?"

Tempt Me if You Can by Janet Chapman

"Where's your truck?"

"In Funibashi, way out in the suburbs east of Tokyo."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"Why did you want to search her apartment?"

"It seems like a rich scheme, but there's one thing in the way."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"What does a Janitor have to do?"

"No matter what it is I can do it."

Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

"Who answers the door in underwear?"

"There are all kinds of idiots out there."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"How is she for looks?"

'a rosebud, he says.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'is life sending a flame to nest in my flax?'

"Ms. Kimura, about this fire. We don't know how it got started, but the fire department and the police both suspect arson."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"Anybody see what happened?"

You mean at night? After dark? It would depend. But probably not. Not if the guy didnʻt want to be seen.

Talking God by Tony Hillerman

Washington ?

'he made up his mind to simplify matters and let me marry God.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'do you think he will do?'

Ikumi smiled, "He's going to build us a house. He's already got the land. I want to live in one of those split-levels."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"Don't you go to the movies?"

"A little. Being read to is nicer."

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

"Your work is idiotic? Idiotic?"

"Oh yes," I said casually.

Bones in the Belfry by Suzette Hill

"What do you think I am, some sort of shady racketeer?"

"Miranda Doyle was one of those."

Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

"Is it better to reign in hell than rule in heaven?"

I had no doubt Macbeth knew that already.

Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

"What game was this, besides chess?"

'machinations of nature; as April does to the earth.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'are you mad?'

"People are beginning to see that I've been framed."

Henderson's Spear by Ronald Wright

"How can you tell people that you mother died over a parrot?"

"'You can do better than that,' I said."

Down River by John Hart

"Did you tell the police about her?"

"Oh, no," said Emerson. "Old Governor Winthrop is to blame for that."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"How many purely mortal beings, do you think, would have come out alive?"

'i don't really think we need to let that worry us now.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'why on this patient earth is he lying in the rain?'

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"I've told you before, I can't possibly discuss anything of the sort."

Henderson's Spear by Ronald Wright

"What do you suspect?"

"Good Lord, Ada, can't you see?" Mr. Jaggs stared at her, his voice shaking, "They're dead."

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn

"How do we explain their deaths?"

"Vengeance did appeal to me," I admitted. "And Malcolm's death is so similar to Bodhe's, some will say we arranged it."

Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

"If honor held me back for over a year, why would I act now, in such a way?"

'astral delirium, dear Nick.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'where in thunder is the mayor?'

"She was here only fifteen minutes ago, fat and beautiful"

On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

"Do you think she'll survive?"

"It was a fire. She was badly burned. For a long time she was in a coma."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"What's that you're looking at?"

"Omar Khayyam stretched over five of the most comfortable chairs in the library."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"Now I ask you, gentlemen, if these things are to be tolerated?"

"Consequence meant nothing to Danny. He flat-out did not give a sh*t."

Down River by John Hart

"'And last night?' I asked. 'When he threatened to kill me?'"

"Would you quit with the criticism?"

M is for Malice by Sue Grafton

"Did you contact the press?"

"No sir. Only the warehouse and distribution center, which are in Kobe."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"If he loved her that much, why didn't he marry her?"

'officially, Alizon is mine. what is official is incontestable.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'now what is it?'

"I wanted to kill that deer."

Down River by John Hart

"'What do you mean?' Dolf asked."

"I didn't think about whales much."

Henderson's Spear by Ronald Wright

"Am I so unobservant?"

"Yes," said Ward; "but wait a week--you'll see the point then."

A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs

"How the deuce could you?"

Shuddering, I drew my body into a curl under the covers, and did not answer.

Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

"Does everyone know, but for his wife?"

"Right. It broke Shoko's heart."

All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe

"How do you know Shoko?"

"Who's he?"

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

"For God's sake! Can't I take a drink in peace?"

"No, you can't. It just makes your character worse in the long run."

The Light Years by Elizabeth Howard

"When my father comes to see me, would you mind if I see him alone?"

"It's always been like that."

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

"Don't you ever sleep?"

'in the Land of Nod.'

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

'where will you start to look for the truth?'

#245 LOL - and 'ouch!'

"...the Dew Line, a string of missile warning stations built across the Canadian Arctic by the Americans."

Henderson's Spear by Ronald Wright

"What about police and immigration records?"

"Don't waste your time"

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

"And who are you anyway?"

"I am Thorfin Sigurdsson."

Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

"Perhaps we should call you Rue of the Sword, eh?"

For once I wised up. "No comment," I said, stepping away and going to my car.

By Hook or By Crook by Betty Hechtman

"Is there something else you're not telling us?"

"Not this time."

Rekindled by Barbara Delinsky

"Think he'll notice us?"

"Come on. Just because his errand boy soiled himself?"

The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee

"Did your father like to fight too?

"I don't want to talk. Some things are best left dead and buried."

Rekindled by Barbara Delinsky

"What do my looks have to do with anything?"

"Nothing. Yet"

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

"Is he related to you?"

It is an uncommon name for a son, but I have heard it said in the long list of my father's ancestors."

Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

'all i could do now was open the goddamn door.'

The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault

'what will i carry with me, from this thing to the next?'

"You're a smart bugger. You'll think of something."

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

"Did you tell Ghosh about the thief?"

Casey says, "You can sniff out a new game HERE"

"It's not a game"

Blood Work by Michael Connelly

"Is it big enough to cook real meals?"

I only watched the movie a week or two ago on ion television-by coincidence, yesterday, I was hurrying and hastily grabbed what I thought was a regular Michael Connelly book. Clint Eastwood played McCaleb.

>261 eley:
I love the picture!:)

"...the Dolorous Abyss, the desolate chasm where rolls the thunder of Hell's eternal cry, so depthless-deep and nebulous and dim that stare as I might into its frightful pit it gave me back no feature and no bottom."

The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (trans. John Ciardi)

"Master, who is that one in the fire who writhes and quivers more than all the others?"

Game continued on new thread -- see #260 above.