A silly book game part 23

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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"Cripes. You two want to get a room?"

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

"Do you think that would get me off the hook?"

.

"Well, it was worth a try."

Winterton Blue by Trezza Azzopardi

"And how long have I got to effect this transformation?"

'there's no telling what it will cost or how long it will take. . .'

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

"'what the devil are you suggesting?' Wolfe demanded."

"Ventriloquism."

Winterton Blue by Trezza Azzopardi

"Wine or beer?"

"We did drink a lot, said Grandma, a little wistfully."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Do you think you're overweight?"

This book has no quotation marks, but it works just fine. In fact, it may be a tad easier to read because of that.

'i just said i don't eat much.'

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'what did we have too much of that girls liked, besides me?'

Walking straight across the room to her, before she could drift away or disappear through the partly open door, I held out my book.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Why should you wish me to have this book?”

"That is the loveliest story I've ever read or ever shall read in my whole life."

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis

"But what manner of use would it be plowing through that blackness?"

'plenty of orchids, plenty of drinks, a chance to know me better, and a dinner fit for Miss America.'

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'what was that flummery about dinner?"

"And, I thought I'd take a break from the food stuff, I said. For a little while."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Please…Just one teeny tiny bite?"

"At this rate, they'll be eating at midnight."

Winterton Blue by Trezza Azzopardi

"Are you alright, Mum?"

"Of course, Mom said."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"So what's the problem, hon?"

". . . He said he has a lot to tell us both, and Iʻd love to get to the bottom of whatʻs going on."

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

"Just what part of my request did you not understand?"

“What must I feel?”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Do you suppose the earth turns around you, monsieur?”

Edited for life or death struggle with Touchstones.

"No, there'd be police officers taping off the area...."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"What kind of name is Kay-Ko?"

#12 & #16 laughed out loud on both. :D

"Numbskull."

Room by Emma Donoghue

"How come?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter."

Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope

"How do you know that I am not trying?"

"You wrote it, here."

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

"Since when did you get to be such a cow lover?"

"I'm not very proud of myself."

Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope

"Suppose this baby likes bears?"

"She stared at me."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Did somebody tell you?"

"...drunken sailors behind the wheel, Japanese saboteurs, and worst of all, his own parents..."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Why do you like jazz so much?"

'I learned it in Finland'

The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian

'Does the swelling affect the vocal cords?'

I swallowed, my throat seemed engorged and hurt me.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

What sound could he possibly have heard?

"Train, bumping back to the station."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Would you like to sell cookies first thing after college?"

"How much do you pay?"

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

"Do you understand what happened last night?"

'i was in Atlanta, Georgia, getting facts about the delivery of steel for a bridge.'

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'on behalf of whom?'

Of him. Is it done? Has it taken place?

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

How fast do I run, now the Devil is after me?

"Search me for a f-king clue, mate . . ."

Kraken by China Mieville

"Why are you so prejudiced against nerds?"

"It's a long story. I will tell you sometime."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

"How can you be dull at a ball?"

"It's the fat idiot, again!"

The Ships of Merior by Janny Wurts

"Who owns the beast?"

"I really am not sure. It relates to a Mr. Dorrit."

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

"Is it private business?"

"You're the only one who knows, he said."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Do you feel the passage of time?"

"Exactly: ʻTEMPUS FUGITʻ."

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

"Professor, Langdon, you look as if youʻd seen a ghost. Are you okay?"

"Certainly not."

Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope

"In white cotton gloves?"

"'i didn't say she was perfect,' Wellman protested."

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'what do you want? what do you expect?'

". . . at least a thousand bucks, to even look. . ."

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

"So should we consult him, before we even call a hacker?"

"Runs a little shop in Chelsea. Funny little specialist place. He's very good."

Kraken by China Mieville

"What was it, some science teacher tell you you'd never amount to anything?"

"'this is farcical,' Wolfe bellowed."

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'why should he lie about a thing like that?'

"He was a she."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Did Mom know about all this?"

"O' course," said Mrs. Flintwinch. "It was no doing o' mine..."

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

"Affery, what girl was that in my mother's room just now?"

"My mother."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"What was he supposed to do, string mints all day?"

"I imagine one cannot exonerate such a man from blame, though he is your brother."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

"Come, what do they say about the new act I have got passed in the council?"

"People on the street seemed happy."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"What do you have to say?"

“There is a window,” I said, “it drips blood, it runs with tears.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

Why should it be so difficult to die, so impossible to live?

(Not a lot of laugh-out-louds in Tanith Lee.)

"Thinks he's immortal, your prisoner."

The Ships of Merior by Janny Wurts

"Who in Sithaer is she?"

"She's my friend, and she's doing me a favor."

Kraken by China Mieville

"What are you, what are you?"

"He stuffed his 'I am Chinese' button into his pocket."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"Is there a vacancy at the hotel?"

"the noise that could have been a giggle was repeated. then came the sound of a turned lock and the door swung open.

'this is silly,' she said defiantly. 'come on in.'"

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

"'have my ears changed any,' i demanded?"

"Distinctly irritated, she rolled on her side."

If I Loved You I Would Tell You This by Robin Black

"How do you remember so much? If you were only three?"

"Oh, it is very simple - a mere matter of information."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"Why did she leave London?"

"I let her go."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"You know where Minidoka is, right?"

'you are willing to cross the continent in an airplane?'

Murder by the Book by Rex Stout

'how can i help?'

"I shook my head. I don't know, I said."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Just for part of Saturday, said George, okay, Rose?"

"You are never to go back to that apartment again!"

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"So, let's see, who does this man look like?"

"The twat dressed like a new romantic?"

Kraken by China Mieville

"Know who he is?"

"Henry! It's your father."

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

"How can you just accept all that?"

#59 just had me laughing out loud again.

"The innermost body, the bliss sheath, is the essence of who you are. . . .While this sheath canʻt be fully described, you can relate to it, because youʻve experienced it."

Yoga for Anxiety; meditations and practices for calming the body and mind
by Mary NurrieStearns (and)
Rick NurrieStearns

" ʻWhat do we need an airplane for?ʻ "

"Because we're good Americans."

The Lost Constitution by William Martin

"Did you say, 'I'm pregnant'?"

"Oh, right. Almost forgot. . . .I wonʻt be long.
Be good."

Quantum Leap: Independence by John Peel

"Anything I can get for you. Samuel?"

'he wanted assurance that his broncos, riding bulls, and roping calves would be adequately guarded at night..

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'didn't you tell her i won't get in until eight?'

"There was still plenty of time to spare when Cetin Efendi dropped my parents and me at the revolving doors, which were shaded by a canopy in the form of a flying carpet."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"Let's meet at the same time tomorrow, okay?"

"'better late than never,' Kennedy said."

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'why is the white man talking all this bullsh*t about a knife?'

"He also said something about my thyroid."

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

"That beast ready to strike?"

'it stopped just inside the screen, frozen in the crouch, staring at Leaphorn with intense blue eyes.'

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'you seeing anything that links them?'

"Those antenna-like eyelashes and fingertips."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Is it illegal?"

"My acts of seduction were not always crowned with such unequivocal success."

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

"What...can Oskar be after beneath his grandmother's skirts?"

God knows what he's doing, even when we don't.

Lying Awake by Mark Salzman

What if I have it all upside down?

'Leaphorn considered this and laughed. most un-Navajo thinking. he had been around white men far too long.'

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

"'what's he done now?' Largo asked."

"I do not know. But it seems we fight the same fight-or rather we did fight it, since I see no way that either of us will leave this place."

To Green Angel Tower part 2 by Tad Williams

"Can you help me, Maegwin?"

"Oskar was sorry he had left a crack open between the mirror doors."

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grasss

"What could those people in the living room have to offer him?"

"Old baggage,"

The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

"Then why, I ask you, why-"

"It's hard to explain, he said."

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

"Remember that cookie shop?"

"Of course. I remember you. You were a lovely girl, with smiles in full measure for everyone."

To Green Angel Tower part 2 by Tad Williams

"Do you call me a liar?"

"'naw,' Langer said. 'nothing like that.'"

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'why did Sam start running?'

"'Hey wait for me!'…The boy came running down the hill at top speed to join his friends."

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"Did you ever wake up to a day that you were sure was going to be different from all others?""

"I admit it's a fine day, Crenden,"

The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

"What did you hear? Was the place searched? Did you see her again? A reliable source tells me she's genuine."

“Weigh you the height of fire, and measure the tower of the wind, and call here to me yesterday.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Pah! What’s in the bucket?”

" ...two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham."

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

'Where's Miss Ellen this morning?"

"'make an appointment,' Silk Shirt said."

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'can you get the i dotted and release Mr. Bistie?'

//#82 and #84 :D

"'Yeah,' said Jeremy."

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"Did we get a speck of dirt on you?"

"Oh, I am sure you don't."

A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan

"Why not do both?"

"As Sibel groped for a polite answer, Fusum shot up out of her seat and, reaching over to the next table, picked up a handbag, which she placed in front of us."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"But if you love someone, and you miss them terribly, which would you do?"

"Matthew, I thought you only wanted to befriend me. I have never heard one word of love from you. You appear to have kept much hidden."

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

"Have you hurt yourself?"

"I did get that feeling at the first."

A fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan

"Open the trunk? Why?"

"Little Lillian began to cry as she always did when things worried her."

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"Well, if you're here and we're here, too, why don't we see you?"

"Life is like that."

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

"My God, he's four isn't he?"

"Oh yes, for a long time. Almost a year."

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

"It's not a crime. Why won't you dance with me?"

"My eyesight has been getting worse and worse, and I've just lost my spectacles."

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"How can something be half full of nothing?"

“It was a mere space, a sort of absence of anything good or comfortable, and it was foul.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Trying to earn Heaven, sister?”

"Nearly there."

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Would the gates shut behind her?

# 93...too funny!!!

"Life had receded from me, losing all the flavor and color I'd found in it until that day."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"How could I not have recognized the value of this great gift God had given me!?"

"Ah, the tourists, they always wish a new experience . . . The altitude - that alone is a new sensation."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"You think that he may - know something?"

"That's funny," Al said, starting to laugh. "You know who he is?"

A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan

"What's wrong with us?"

"I'm a bad influence on you and if you have any sense you will send me packing - if you can."

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

"Oh Rhett, why can't you just keep your mouth shut about these things?"

'all i need is just a few minutes. just some information.'

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman

'what was it about white men that caused them to plant grass in places where it couldn't possibly grow without them fiddling with it all the time?'

"Quite frustrating, I'm sure…"

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Claww by E. Leslie Mayer

"Where do we find the Magician of Marzipan?"

On 103>104

The 104 that I cancelled was put here by mistake; it was really intended for the "Film Phatic..." thread, and kind of bent the rules of that thread, too, as it was a quote ABOUT a movie, rather than FROM a movie.

"You won't find one of those within our own borders," Spere said.

The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

"Who has that kind of influence and power?"

"Master, I know of such a person. For a half-silver, I'll take you to her cottage."

The Ships of Merior by Janny Wurts

"So, prince, are you guilty?"

"Yes, and now I suppose you'll think the worst of me."

Through The Storm by Maureen Lee

"Do you mind me talking to you like this?"

"I've had quite enough."

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"Is there a dragon in your village that needs slaying?"

"What's the rush?"

A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan

"Why can't we have dinner tomorrow night?"

"Not enough."

Something is Going to Fall Like Rain by Ros Wynne-Jones

"How much food do we have?"

"...a zebra, a leopard, a pelican and a hyena..."

The Knife Man by Wendy Moore

"Is it possible to get a young tame lion, or indeed any other beast or bird?"

"'perhaps i can help you see to that, and one or two other things as well,' said Holmes."

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'may i ask how you knew who i was?'

"No one asks that questions, nowdays, do they?"

A Fine and Private Pace by Morley Callaghan

"A spectator of what?"

"The Island of Pretend"

The Adventures of Mrs. Almaletta Finks and Her Brave Little Class by E. Leslie Mayer

"Would this be a friendly place or the start of another misadventure?"

"I will talk it over with my colleague and then I will have the honor of laying my opinion before you."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

"How is it you don't tell me whether your sister-in-law's married yet, or when she's going to be?"

"Doesn't look very promising so far!"

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"Would you gather up your friends and try to summon his spirit, or would you look for some old possession of his, like a cigarette box?"

"In these times of ours, there isn't very much an awakened dreamer can do."

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

"What about that jazz band?"

The dogs, scavenging, refused to eat them.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“What are you, female or male?”

"We have much that is similar in our past."

Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler

"Charlotte! Charlotte! Are you there, child?"

'i acknowledged that i was.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'you'll come with me tonight?'

"'I,,,that is...kof...kof' My conversation is evolving brilliantly."

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"Whaa??"

“I promise I’m better than the donkey.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“What do you mean by that?”

"If your love for me was really so overpowering, I said, it ought to outlast a toenail."

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

"But where, I wondered ever since, did the boys and girls in their last year of high school get the money for onions?"

"This is what all the snickering was about."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"How's your painting coming along?"

"Believe me, ladies and gentlemen," he said, "there is nothing penultimate about this one."

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"Why does he keep banging on the rock?"

“God’s vitals. Poor boy. Come in at once.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“For what must I search there, sister?”

They were told of the abduction of Jane Porter and the need of armed men to aid in the search for her.

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

"Where shall we look?"

'i saw, with my own eyes, that two went down the path and none returned.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'but why are we here?'

"'For millennia now, by way of "know thyself" to "I think therefore I am," mankind has been rambling on about the ridiculous human prerogative that is our consciousness of our own existence and above all the ability of the consciousness to make itself its own object.'"

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"What are you doing?"

'we have three years of the past to discuss. let that suffice until half-past nine, when we start upon the notable adventure of the empty house.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'and you thought the rooms were watched?'

"he'll be a clever fellow if he slips through their fingers."

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

"But have you got the robber's description?"

"The suspect is white, twenty to thirty years old, six feet tall. two hundred pounds, has blonde hair and was last seen wearing a black cap and a plaid shirt."

Abduction by Mark Gimenez

"You ever work an abduction case where the victim lived in a place like this?"

'. . .here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting room at Charing Cross and, finally, here is our friend of tonight.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'have you heard the name?'

"As for the acquaintances I no longer saw....it was Zaim who kept me abreast of their news."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"Why are you smiling?"

"Well, sir, I'd say the laugh is with me. Did you ever see such an ugly bunch of toughs?"

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"Is he in danger?"

“Hunted down,”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“For God’s sake, what are you playing at now?”

He gave a hoarse chuckle, leaned towards me, and whispered those three magical little words. "Time to hunt."

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

"Are you looking forward to tonight?"

"I feel weary, to be honest…"

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"Have you seen Black Rain?"

"I regret I have been temporarily closed to all communication."

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"Tell me," he said again, "did the computer say what was occupying it?"

"Lingual shifts have occured, Robinton. Modifcation of the language program is now required. Please continue to speak."

The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

"But I haven't the faintest idea what one says to ... a disembodied voice."

"They may prefer stories to theories, anecdotes to concepts, images to ideas…"

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"So: have our civilizations become so destitute that we can only live in our fear of want?"

“Not yet,” she said. She gave him more water.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Who had she been once?”

"Why don't you have a word with God? I'll give you his number."

A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson

"Isn't he just adorable?"

"Such a courteous, refined young man, my mother whispered, though loud enough for Kenan to hear."

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

"Shall I invite him over to dinner one evening?"

'not until i have been to Blackheath.'

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

'on what charge do you expect to be arrested?'

"I don' understan' what she say dat white lady."

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"And is your other name Christophe?"

There was so much he wanted to know

A Soft Place to Fall by Barbara Bretton

"Fire?"

Powder and smoke and the dusty flames.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"Have you seen my Wolfgang?"

"Mozart's Requiem…in the bathroom…it's rather…surprising,"

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"Don't you remember the camellia on the moss of the temple?"

"I am sorry, I didn't think to mention it."

The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King

"Would you two mind posing for us? As in, for a drawing?

"No matter what they dream up ... I guarantee you I've endured far worse for far longer."

A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory

"What's a crack whore, Mommy?"

"A powerful feeling of utter dismay at what I have done submerges me."

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"Do you know what a summer rain is?"

'Agatha peered out. it had been raining.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'what the hell's going on here?'

"Diamonds are trumps. Be so good as to play, gentlemen."

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

"Has the world grown smaller?"

"You must think I'm completely mental."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"This girl, you have met her before tonight?"

“Hah. Yes.” the young man smiled.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Should I take off this?”

"All right, Grace. No more games."

Stray Dogs by John Ridley

"Who the hell is this?"

"He is: a Frenchman, named Passepartout."

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

"Do you think, consul, that this phlegmatic gentleman resembles, feature by feature, the robber whose description I have received?"

"Come now, Mademoiselle - this man must be exposed and sentenced."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"And who would suspect four lively attractive young girls?"

"That is what is going around in my head, and it needs no commentary.'

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

"Some sorta heart attack, huh?"

"The truth is," it continued in tones which suggested he was trying very hard to keep it under control, "the truth is that we are undergoing a period of legal trial separation."

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"Is this any time to keep an appointment?"

"Madame sent for me," the Abbe said, accepting a stool. "I came as soon as I could."

The Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland

"Do you wish to make Confession?"

'and somehow Rose knew that Agatha had rumbled her act.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'has Olivia stopped your jollies?'

"No, I'm here strictly in my professional capacity."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"What happened?"

"They want me to find the man who rules the Universe, but I don't care to meet him."

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"You mean," repeated Zaphod tautly, "that I had it with me all the time?"

>#167 Love the Hitchhiker's series!!!

"He truly is stupid," she concluded.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

"Is that all?"

'yes, she was told, she could hire a car and pay with a British bank cheque if she wanted.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'is it always as hot as this?'

"I admit that the first two years have been difficult."

The Lost Constitution by William Martin

"Is it your right to kill a man on a Portland street?"

“And before witnesses.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“That is surely rather improper?”

(I'm starting this one again.)

"Arm-darmed ef ther ent witchcraft," was the view of Mr Sandy Wadgers.

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

"Do I look like an insane person?"

“I think,” she said, “your sense of drama is running away with you, monsieur.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Perhaps,” I said, “your husband could advise me?”

>#168 - This is my first time reading the series and I'm loving it :)

"Mr. Desiato speaks to no one!"

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"And you saw the whole infinity of creation?"

". . .(M)an retains in the back of his mind an apprehension of the figure/ground structure of ALL his perceptions. This apprehension expresses itself in mythic and poetic images ather than factual statements."

Unsecular man by Andrew Greeley
(quoting Alan Wattsʻs The Two Hands of God)

" ʻThat is the world that YOUR Past has produced. Why should We accept it at all?ʻ "

“Then you had better give it back to me.”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“Had there not been a drawing, in blood, to that effect, all over the walls, ceiling and floor?”

"I'm flattered you should ask me," Farley says. "No really."

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

"You forgot? How did you forget?"

"I'm - off - my - blooming - chump," said Mr Marvel.

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

"How are you hid?"

'next door to the hotel. Atlantic cars.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'do you know. . .did he say where he was going today?'

"Frogstar World B, and man it's a dump," said Zaphod running on to the bridge.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe By Douglas Adams

"You spesk to the big noise boy?"

“What am I? Your servant?”

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

“What had he left for me?”

'he fished in his pocket and handed her a ring of keys.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'so why did you just walk off with him last night?'

"Mrs. Bunbury says we cannot risk his knees for mere pleasure, although why his knees should have been singled out, I do not know."

The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan

"I trust your family is not engaged in the making of gin?"

"What an absurd question, Bertha!"

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.

"Are you going to become one of us?"

"I came to you, M. Poirot, because I thought it might be possible to - to sublimate that craving for excitement by employing it, if I may put it that way, on the side of the angels."

The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

"Aha, it is then as a colleague that you present yourself?"

"Careful, I stink."

Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan

"Did you want to try one of my pills?"

"I read about them in Marie Claire," one of the girls says. "They stop you getting hungry."

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

"You don't have any money?"

"But time's money, you forget that."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

"Why have schools?"

She could not read or write, and so she could not set down her vision of the apocalypse.

‘The Book of the Damned (Secret Books of Paradys I)’ by Tanith Lee.

When will it end?

"In October, after a last perfect weekend..."

Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan

"Do you still play, if you don't mind my asking?"

"He did nothig unless specifically told to, never asked a question, did not play with other boys, and undertook no activity that had not been explicitly assigned to him..."

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

"What could be more effective in attracting the attention of a chess champion than to play chess oneself?"

"Yes I know but you are going to get your ass kicked today."

The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

"Have you ever done this before?"

'how could i? you weren't there.'

Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist by M. C. Beaton

'why didn't you say hullo?'

"I wasn't sure you'd call."

The Killer by Tom Hinshelwood

"If we meet, where?"

"Who cares," said Zaphod; "we go where we go."

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

"What, the one you've just knocked on the floor?"

“I didn’t hurt him when I shot him, did I?”

‘Winnie the Pooh’ by A. A. Milne.

“Coming to see me have my bath?”

"Don't make any movement. There's a man behind you with an earpiece."

The Killer by Tom Hinshelwood

"Where the hell is he?"

“He has gone to see hi friend Pooh Bear, who is a great friend of his.”

‘Winnie the Pooh’ by A. A. Milne.

“Are you sure?”

"The children know that on nights like this, the spirits of the Seneca Indians are weeping."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"Does he have a right to anything more than a few moments of clarity?"

“I did know once, only I’ve sort of forgotten.”

‘Winnie the Pooh’ by A. A. Milne.

“Isn’t that lovely?”

"Frigid," Mario comments.

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

" You appear to be losing a wing ...?"

"You know you can help more than just birds.
…
Grant reluctantly opened his hands in the grass. The bird shook out its feathers, limped a few steps as thogh dazed, and then flew away."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"How many times that happened?"

Edit to correct typo,

'he fell out of it every night.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'did you take mommy's pretty flowers?'

Christopher Robin looked at him very carefully, and shook his head.

‘Winnie the Pooh’ by A. A. Milne.

“I suppose none of you are sitting on a thistle by any chance?”

"I waited in some anxiety."

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

"But after all, didn't Hitler and his bunch insidiously outmaneuver even the greatest diplomats and military men?"

'if you ask me, Fudge never even thought about that. but he liked the idea a lot.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

"'what's in your mouth?'" my mother asked."

"Potato?"

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"It's not too late for candles is it?"

"how far that little candle throws its light:
So shines a good deed in
a naughty* world."

*naughty: Elizabethan for "wicked".

"His mother shrugged."

Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon

"Uh, how's the baby?"

"He's pretty big, near as I could tell."

The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

"Any distinguishing features?"

On 208:

I was mistaking this for another game;
to make it a legitimate entry in this game, Iʻll say "the book Iʻm reading" is:
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare

question): "Hath a dog money? is it possible a cur can lend three thousand ducats?"

'woof. . .woof. . .woof.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

"'what's all gone?' my mother asked."

"My life," said Richard "and I want it back."

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

"Have you always lived down there?"

'he barked and nodded his head. so my mother fixed a plate and put it under the table.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'where should i look?'

"Squaw Island."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"You want me to wear my heart on my sleeve and bleed all over the place like I used to?"

"they all said, 'okay.'"

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'how did Fudge's party go?'

//eta closing quotation marks

Laffin' at mirrordrem!

"Lion hadn't woken up with a hangover in five years."

(He meant until after the drinking the previous night. Must have been some party! lol}

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"What's going on, Lion?"

"On my way to Selfridges with a friend. She's getting her hair cut."

Zero History by William Gibson

"You eat muskrat, Fridays?"

I eat mostly meat. Fatty meat. I can't keep warm on vegetables and bread.

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg

"How's your relationship with your father?"

"No, that kind of thing is a world apart from this region."

Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon

"How could they accept such insult, such havoc wreaked upon them by blind fate?"

"They have this love-hate sort of thing."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"Sure you know your way out of here?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How does 220 relate to 219? Does it mean people in Beirut don't have relationships with their fathers? Difference in culture, maybe?

"We came from the earth, and our bodies must go back to the earth, our mother," he said.

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

"Who can tell me what I must do in my own country?"

"You'll be going to Arizona soon. ... They'll do some initially very alarming things to your London bed tracks. Then you'll basically rerecord the entire album."

Zero History by William Gibson

"Can you give me any advice?"

"'please stand on your head,' Peter,' my mother said. 'it's the only way he'll eat.'"

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'don't you care if your brother starves?'

"Not at all."

Zero History by William Gibson

"Paris, man following us, seen yesterday in London. Is he yours?"

"Not in the sense you are thinking of."

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

"Where does this door lead to?"

'. . .25 West 68th street. it's an old apartment building.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'is that supposed to be a train?'

"Oh, absolutely," said his father, laughing.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

"Why make a dog like that?"

"It is a wolf."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"The wolf re-emerges, nipping at Grant's heals (sic) in the break-down lane. Why do only the most desperate creatures want to cling to him?"

"'well, it could have been worse,' my mother said."

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'what do you think you're doing?'

"They want me to throw darts. They bet."

Zero History by William Gibson

"Where are you?"

But Aunt Juley was gone – gone irrevocably, and no power on earth could stop her.
(Couldn’t find anything as funny as mirrordrum’s posts have been lately.)

‘Howards End’ by E. M. Forster.

“Can you break an engagement off slowly?”

#233 aw shucks, RA. (scuffing tennie in the dirt and blushing) and a doff of the chapeau to Judy Blume who's purty darn funny.

'somehow, Sam's mother untangled herself from Sam's grip and left.'

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume

'what does she bite?'

"Pants. But only just the right ones."

Zero History by William Gibson

"And what do you judge will induce her to tell us, or find out and tell us?"

"None know for certain."

Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon

"I had not dwelt on it, for why dwell on past troubles?"

"I say we just roll with the punches and learn as we go."

In The Heart of the Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde

"Did you get enough lunch?"

"That's a strange way of describing it."

You Comma Idiot by Doug Harris

"Is there some new angst?"

"'Tell me," she whispers, afraid. "No more secrets.'"

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"Does this mean that what I thought I saw was real?"

Edit for T-Stones

"Based on eyewitness accounts, the papers reported that the criminal was wearing a helmet and riding a red motorcycle."

Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon

"Who sees you in their heart save me?"

'avenging demons.'

Three bags full by Leonie Swann

'who'd do a thing like that? i mean, who'd do it?'

"It had to be Cuz."

You Comma Idiot by Doug Harris

"Will she freak?"

She grew furious.

‘Howards End’ by E. M. Forster.

“are you aware that Paul has been playing the fool again?”

"The little boy with disheveled hair and blue shorts, who used to run everywhere, became a studious young man."

Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon

"Had he noticed the anxiety built up inside him?"

"The air was filled with a kind of quite that made it hard to speak, which is why Victor could hardly open his mouth when, three hours later, Malanie walked out from behind the trees, her long white T-shirt soaked to her thighs. Maya and Luke tagged behind her, holding hands."

The Language of Treew by rubyilie::Ilie Ruby

"How had the girls found Luke?"

"'stiff,' said George."

Three bags full by Leonie Swann

'so where is Beth's house?'

Hard to tell. Some distant, foreign place.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

"Did you ever scrub floors?" Jimmy asked her once.

"'are you crazy?' said Josh. 'I'm not doing that.'"

Three bags full by Leonie Swann

'why didn't you ever tell us about this before?'

"He asked me never to tell Grant."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"Why wouldn't he tell his own son?"

"He said he'd had some experience with U.S. federal agents."

Zero History by William Gibson

"You have read Orwell?"

"'i didn't understand it,' said Cloud quietly."

Three bags full by Leonie Swann

'how are you going to put it right?'

"Perhaps the plane will crash. . . . Perhaps it will never rise off the ground. Then that will be the end. That will be the solution to everything."

Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie

"Why did I think I'd feel differently if I got away from England?"

"It will be good for our people to move to the Sand Hills. The buffalo will be prime now for winter robes."

Satanta's Woman by Cynthia Hasseloff

"Does it matter that I don't want to travel?"

"I suppose."

The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby

"…what did the boys at the station used to call him, the schmuck with the truck?"

"Brother Fingers, isn't it?"

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

"Looking forward to the city?"

"It just doesn't bear thinking about."

Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie

"Is there anyone you want to see in Casablanca, Madame? Any message we can take?"

Dear Mama, I hope you are well when you get this news and tell Bob and James that they're going to hang me today.

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

I'm the Bonecrusher, do you hear what I'm saying, you damn brat?

Margaret did not know what to say. Mrs Wilcox had been overtired by the shopping, and was inclined to hysteria.

‘Howards End’ by E. M. Forster.

“Is yours a hooky or a nobbly?”

"Ugh-ugh."

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler

'What are their names?"

"Don't worry about nomenclature when a bird is sitting in front of your nose. Look at it."

Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park by Marie Winn

"What's that tree with the bunches of red berries?"

"I had a hunch about that, and I've been following it up ever since."

The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett

"Who've you got working on this spy thing?"

"Your friend, Squadron-Leader Honey."

La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

"Will you be going?"

"Scratch that. We'd asphyxiate long before help arrived."

Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler

"Where do we start?"

“Hunt, my good woman; have a good look round, hunt under the tables, poke up the chimney, shake out the antimacassars.”

‘Howards End’ by E. M. Forster.

“Then you don’t think I was foolish?”

'No,' he said. 'Not always. Not lately. Not often.'

Sourcery by Terry Pratchett

'Excuse me,' he said, 'which way to the harem?'

"It is eight kilometres from here, you understand."

Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie

"So you'll be keeping tabs on me?"

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