A Silly Book Game Part 41

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 really great if both your answer and question are related, but that's not absolutely necessary.

*Newbies welcome!

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Continuing with last post by Selliers:

This time the old woman screamed, and, hitching up her skirt, dispensed with her limp and ran from the graveyard.

House of Lost Dreams by Graham Joyce

"He lived in that cave?"

"He just goes into this, this same long thing and it doesn't change very much."

The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs by The New Yorker

"And it will keep up, won't it, Julian?"

"Where shall we have tea?" I asked, changing the subject because I felt myself unable to give a satisfactory explanation.

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

"Africa?" I echoed in amazement.

"I guess you know this means you'll miss the surprise party."

The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs by The New Yorker

"You want me to wear a T-shirt with my picture and your picture on it ... ?"

"You dont know Circassian women...They have their standards."

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

"Bedbugs troubling you?"

"It's a team effort."

100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species by Jeff Corwin

"Do you need recurring plague management?"

"I purchased the coffin in Sofia. It was a beautiful thing with very fine carving on it."

A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler

"What about the other passengers?"

"That's what I'm worried about."

Couch - Benjamin Parzybok

"What happened to them?"

"'They died years ago,' Stella's father says."

The Speed of Mercy by Christy Ann Conlin

"'Why are you looking for Stella?'"

"I don't know. I'm not interested in other people."

Tthe Face of Another - Kobo Abe

"Is that wrong?"

"Nothing is a bad answer."

Apeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCann

"How can you possibly understand that instinct?"

My instinct was to get up and shake her.

The Singing Stones by Phyllis A. Whitney

"Will you come upstairs to my room?"

"Okay, let's take a look at what you have here."

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

"Can you manage it?"

"'We need more like us,' Geoffrey often said. 'Good men prepared to step up to the crease. Because if we don't do it, who will? Tell me that, Rob. If not us, who?'"

Exit by Belinda Bauer

"'How long have we got?'"

"One day..."

What Night Brings - Carla Trujillo

"What was wrong with Dad last night?"

"He's too busy trying to distract himself from the fact that Mother isn't here."

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

"Have you been visiting with her?"

No, and I already told you why."

What the Night Brings - Carla Trujillo

"Why don't you just forget about it?"

"First and foremost, most abilities have to be nurtured and developed."

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

"What accounts for the differences?"

"I don't know, but we can think of something."

What the Night Brings - Carla Trujillo

"Why do you want to know this?"

It didn't occur to me then, but this was also another kind of education—an education in suffering, abuse, pain, misery, and the evils of ignorance.

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

"Can't we talk about this?"

“No. There isn’t anything really wrong.”

What Night Brings - Carla Trujillo

‘“Who said we have to do this?”

"Jesus," Claire muttered under her breath,...

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

"Visiting from where?"

"Middle McKittrick Canyon."

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr

"What's that sound in the background?"

The sound of the surf seemed to frighten her as it mixed with the screaming of slaves being branded.

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

"You care about such things?" she asked. "Even though you kill so easily?"

"Sometimes the wrong people die. But sometimes they don't."

A Superior Death by Nevada Barr

"What could they be after in the captain's quarters?"

"The prize is a giant squid, a rubbery monster armed with tentacles, vicious suckers and a fearsome beak."

Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski

"Who would normally be worried at this point?"

"... the Lone Pighunter and one Amish farmer..."

Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero by Christopher McDougall

"Do you have a hacksaw?"

"The answer is yes, and for a really good reason."

Storm in a Teacup by Helen Czerski

"And why does it matter?"

"... because you look like a wino."

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

"You remember me, eh?" I asked.

"Oliver Flood. Majordomo of the Locken Group. An international conglomerate with strong interests in biochemistry, marine biology, molecular biology, genetics, biophysics. Specialty in military technologies."

Sufferance by Thomas King

"What other things should we burn?"

"... a bag of football uniforms."

Migrations: A Novel by Charlotte McConaghy

"You right, boss?"

The flames were burning my hands. I had to save the United States mail, third-class junkmail!

Post Office by Charles Bukowski

"How did it happen, Henry?"

"Unlimited money. Unrestricted power. Your desires met. Your authority absolute. A careless narrative of imagined omnipotence."

Sufferance by Thomas King

"Why do we dream?"

"I'm somebody to them."

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

"How could his life have changed so quickly?"

"It's hard to describe -- I saw all the wonder of creation, the wonder of the universe, there in that animal's eyes, in that second. It was like seeing God. And -- for a second -- I had a strange feeling. A kind of presence."

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

"And you don't like being dazzled?"

"No, I won't allow it! You've enough work to do without bothering about me!"

Valley of Strength- Shulamit Lapid

"What were you trying to do?"

"To help elk and other animals find their way across the highway ... "

Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield

"But what happens when construction spreads over, under, across, and through their habitats?"

"They have their own workshop and they adapt..."

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapid

"How do they get through the gates of the city?"

"On the best days it was bumper-to-bumper, a bitter argument of honks and curses, and on rainy days the potholes were treacherous lagoons, one grim slosh."

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

"What's up that couldn't wait until Thursday?"

"When the rains come we'll buy manure."

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapi

"Where will you be lodging tonight?"

" ... a private dock on Boxtree Creek ... "

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul

"What should I be looking for?"

"A Bedouin dress."

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapid

"Where is it?"

"There's a hotel down on Alamo Street, the Fairmont. It used to be an old flophouse, on the other side of town..."

In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman

"But what does it have to do with archaeology?"

"I know Haifa."

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapid

"Why did you leave Gai Oni?"

"'Travel is broadening,' said Mimi, though that old adage has never been proven.

Indians on Vacation by Thomas King

"Has anyone explained the situation to you yet?"

If you're a beginner, just take a goddamn minute to learn.

Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook: Eat Like You Give a F*ck by Kitchen Thug

Still don't know where to start?

“No, no, I’m already late for dinner.”

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapid

“Where will you be lodging tonight?”

"I'm staying at my dad's place."

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

"Aren't the trunks stupid?"

"Three thousand we've already sent back to Russia."

Valley of Strength - Shulamit Lapid

"And what about the rest?"

"They walked another quarter-mile through the stifling air."

Snap by Belinda Bauer

"'Where's the bloody body?'"

"A red Kia drove past going south..."

Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

"What are they still doing out on the road?"

"His legs, the whole lower half of him looked stuck to the broken pavement with blood and ruined flesh."

Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

"Is he really your father?"

"We're not wasting time with this."

Ill Wind by Nevada Barr

"Any more gifts of the weird persuasion?"

"She turned and hurried up the stairs."

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

"Do you know why?"

"She's used to better."

Ill Wind by Nevada Barr

"Why didn't you answer the six-nine line?"

"I was interrupted by a sudden bang as the door was thrown open."

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

"Why did she refuse to speak?"

"She gets this from your side of the family."

Strange Folk You'll Never Meet - A.A. Balaskovits

What would you like to do if you had no worries in the world?

"He stares at her."

The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay

"What on earth does she mean?"

"I'm not sure what it is, but it's amazing!"

The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike

"What's on the other side of the hole?"

“...nail polish and lip gloss, a scarf, mittens, and a handheld fan.”

Strange Folk You’ll Never Meet - A. A. Balaskovits

“What’s so special about a hole...?”

"Let's pretend it isn't an issue and see how far we get in the negotiations."

Vagabonds by Jingfang Hao

"Please keep this a secret, all right?"

“It’s harder than I imagined.”

Strange Folk You’ll Never Meet - A. A. Balskovits

“Where is your family?”

"The room on the fourth floor..."

The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay

"You've got it all sorted out, haven't you?"

"Well, since you put it that way."

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

"'Why didn't we kill you off, when we had the chance?'"

"As I've told you, I can only tell you facts, not reasons."

Vagabonds by Jingfang Hao

"Do you understand the conflict between individualism and collectivism?"

"It's vital."

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

"What do you know about cell crystallization?"

"'Not my job to pass information out to idiots.'"

DreadfulWater by Thomas King

"'You think it's a good investment?'"

"Totally worth it."

Book Love by Debbie Tung

"Any plans this weekend?"

"From here, if you knew what you were doing, you could climb to the saddle at Dark Horse Pass and then go cross country for an hour and come in behind the resort."

DreadfulWater by Thomas King

"You want something to eat?"

"If you tell me I look dashing" (2)

Risk by Elana Dykewomon

"Will you bring me back a present?" (2)

"I'll do my best to help you..."

Strange Folk You'll Never Meet - A.A. Balaskovits

"What do you want?"

"'Just wanna tip you, darlin''" (118)

Risk by Elana Dykewomon

"Can you set up a Buddhist calm in the midst of that fervency?" (119)

"'Practice.'"

DreadfulWater by Thomas King

"Have you figured everything out?"

"I can't do that."

Strange Folk You'll Never Meet - A. A. Balaskovits

"Where did I come from?"

"On the horizon, an infinite green and gray line of rocks and palms" (54)

Tentacle by Rita Indiana

"'Mr. Luna, why do you want to be an artist?'" (41)

"I am hypnotized by my own ruin."

All's Well by Mona Awad

"What is it that you're not connecting with exactly?'

"Donkeys!"

Strange Folk You'll Never Meet - A. A. Balaskovits

"And what sound do donkeys make?"

"To know the relationship between the sounds of a language and the written symbols that represent them -- to hold the key to the code -- is to be able to read that language"(43)

The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox

"But which civilization was it?" (7)

"...a city long forgotten..."

Strange Folk You'll Never Meet - A. A. Balaskovits

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

"You can't see my thoughts. You can't see my heart. My heart is an inferno," she'd said, thumping her chest, "but how would you know?"

Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor

"Is this a midlife crisis?"

"It's just the bloody rats, I've let it get to me" (73)

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

"You mean his mother?" (65)

"She nodded as much as she could in the brace."

All's Well by Mona Awad

"What's happened since I last saw you?"

"'I have to have a short rest before I plunge into Minoan again'" (188)

The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox

"'Do you consider that a reasonable degree of decipherment can be achieved?'" (194)

"'Just leave all that to me, okay?'"

All's Well by Mona Awad

"What sort of message?"

"Fight!" (164)

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

"How do you live with yourself? How do you sleep?" (164)

"I used to think that when I reached old age I would retire from the world and live a life of elegant culture, reading all the great books that I ought to have read at an earlier date."

Essays in Skepticism by Bertrand Russell

"Why do people value gold and precious stones?"

"Yes, something pretty" (61)

The Forbidden Woman by Malika Mokeddem

"You mean write something about him?" (61)

"I told her, yes, and insisted on it..."

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

"Do you really love the girl?"

"Now I find that very offensive" (30)

When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy

"Was he trying to flirt with me?" (30)

"Oh, careful. He's a biter."

Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird by Sean Flynn

"How many you got again?"

"'Three' is perennially popular, all the low numbers are; Threes are supposed to be stable and innovative, like a triangle" (51)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"Just how do you Teixcalaanlitzlim name yourselves?" (51)

"East Bucky punks"

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

"We going to have any more incidents like the last one?"

"I was under the impression that such things were illegal," she said. (121)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"And how was she to know whether an ezuazuacat was really a friend of the Emperor, or just a symbolic one?" (123)

"I need hardly tell you that in families of high position strange coincidences are not supposed to occur."

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

"Cannot repentence wipe out an act of folly?"

"I endeavoured to reason myself out of it, but it was in vain; the impression lay so strong on my mind, that it was not to be resisted."

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

"'Will you take me, Madam?'"

"Do you drink?" (185)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"Why are you here, and not at the party?" (189)

"I have to work on Monday."

What If we Were Somewhere Else - Wendy J. Fox

"Is that what you wore?"

"It isn't the first time" (231).

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"Was that the only thing he asked you for?" (234)

"...the hope of being forgiven..."

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

"How can you call me cruel?"

"You don't have the big picture."

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig

"Who are these people sitting in cubicles who do this?"

"I don't want to linger on unpleasant subjects" (312)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"How did it feel when you did this?" (300)

"... I liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it."

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

"And what of that?"

"Perhaps the riot had been dispersed" (379)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

"And who are you, anyway?" (383)

"I am the great philosopher Pendulus!"

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

"What do you want from me?"

"Let's consummate our marriage."

What If we Were Somewhere Else - Wendy J. Fox

"Where's your sense of adventure?"

"Your natural tendency to brooding had thrown you into deep melancholy" (88)

Welcome to Our Hillbrow by Phaswane Mpe

"Oh what is wrong with the children of today?" (96)

"They don't care a damn for the people or for freedom"

Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov

"Why is the dog so angry with you?"

"She took his bait" (20)

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

"Paul Anka, ma'am? Barry Manilow? Art Garfunkel? Neil Diamond?" (39)

"If he laughed, she would remember to be angry with him later."

Auntie Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

"Why did you come here to look for her?"

"I scheduled it because I had six different world leaders on the phone at the same time nagging me to do it."

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

"So ... do I carry you around?"

"Don't you ever, ever, ever dare do that again."

Longbourn by Jo Baker

"Shall we try to learn a little Latin together?"

"Sorry...I'm fried"

What If we Were Somewhere Else - Wendy J. Fox

"Are you sure you don't have a joint?"

"The idea struck her -- oh gee, what if" (125)

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

"Why start with Elvis?" (123)

"That's the scoundrel who robbed me nine years ago, and don't you forget it, Mr. Policeman!"

Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science
by Colin Beavan

"Did you ask him why his pants smelled?"

"I'm an English major. I know those stories" (184)

Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

"What is it about him that she misses?" (255)

"...healthy U.S. Navy men in the 20-to-40-year age group."

Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

"Did he have something against feet?"

"Hend has heard different versions of this story, but she can't remember where or when" (61)

Brooklyn Heights by Miral al-Tahawy

"How come you're in such a good mood?" (63)

"I feel like I have broken the bonds from the terrestrial sphere."

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

"Who out of us can work nonstop for seventy-two hours?"

"God rest his soul, whatever his name was" (138)

Brooklyn Heights by Miral al-Tahawy

"How would that have changed anything?" (130)

"You have witnesses out there who simply decided not to speak."

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

"Were they sitting, round and jaundiced, just outside?"

"In the eyes of Hussein Muruwwa the answer formed itself, and it was silent and moist" (6)

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

"How did you get here, Khali 'Ata?" (9)

"I have only the vaguest memories. Even in my notebooks, pages in which each of a day’s movements is carefully notated are followed by bursts of blank pages."

Fugue State by Brian Evenson

"Why would they hide from me?"

"I don't know for sure, but their hearts are tense and their trigger fingers twitchy" (1)

The Liminal People by Ayize Jama-Everett

"What does it mean?" (15)

“It is a Latin word which means sun.”

Notre Dame de Paris

"What has time, what have men done with these marvels?"

"What do you think I did? Shoot birds with a catapult?" (9)

Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya

"What's that you're knitting?"

"... swim trunks or shorts..."

Give Me Your Heart: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

"...got something for me there?"

"You don't have to pay me now" (64)

Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya

"How did he know about my legs?" (65)

"...the public beach at Wolf's Head Lake on an afternoon in August..."

Give Me Your Heart: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

"You love them, don't you?"

"...there's this guy at work..."

Consent by Annabel Lyon

"Don't you want to know where I've been all this time?"

"He thought about it. He didn't know" (98).

Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya

"Why didn't you just bark and snarl and get it done with?" (101)

"I opened my mouth and shut it again, not knowing how to respond."

Fugue State by Brian Evenson

“—this your house?” asked the man. “Your door, I mean? I’m not stepping into a delicate situation, am I?”

"Get out...Don't close the back doors...I'll have to fumigate..."

All In a Day's Work - Chris Helme

"What happens now?"

"The drums haven't barked yet, the dancers feet are still strapped up in their shoes" (181).

Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya

"What group?" (195)

"... Diderot and the country's "vile flock of Encyclopedists"... "

Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran

"Is he good? Is he wicked?"

"He was described as mad because he wrote poetry and also because he wanted -- he who had nothing -- to marry the daughter of the headman!" (84)

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

"What do your people know of you now?" (85)

"Yeah, well, I've got the demolition permit."

A Dog's Way Home: A Novel by W. Bruce Cameron

"Isn't that what you want?"

"Things are more complex than they seem" (116).

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

"Different from whom exactly?"

"...Starship Enterprise crew members..."

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross

"Why do you think people are often drawn to the negative?"

"No one talked about this" (31).

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

"Was there one?" (32)

"Cook has seen him. She went out to the market early this morning and as she came round the corner she saw him hurrying along the street."

Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin

"On the carpet?"

"I don't doubt it."

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

"What brought you back?"

"I only want to join the band, sir..."

All In a Day's Work - Chris Helm

"What happens now?"

"There's no trembling when she sleeps, so I bend over and kiss her on her cheek" (12).

Theft by BK Loren

"How could they revive this incident now?" (17)

"One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop. And besides, we give the impression of so much conviction and truth!"

Rameau's Nephew by Denis Diderot

"What do you mean about the little dog?"

"'I don't know. She didn't stop to explain.'"

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

"'What was your arrangement with this woman?'"

"In and out . . . fill in the gaps" (200, ellipses in original).

When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola

"Nigeria? What were they thinking?" (201)

"Ask her and she will show you."

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

"What if they had two teams here, and six teams there?"

"A few days ago, she'd decided Missouri was good enough" (24).

Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman

"Why were you pleased with the results?" (26)

"They don't brag about stealing cookies."

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

"Are you backing that up?"

"Why? You looking to dance?" (3)

More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson

"What about the meat?" (11)

"Don't eat any of my !@#$%^& food."

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

"Since when do you settle?"

"Maybe it's what everyone does" (35).

More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson

"How long since she's looked at her own feet?" (36)

"...two hours."

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

"How sympathetic is she?"

"We need to put her down" (44).

More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson

"Why you breathing through your nose?" (50)

"Tradition."

Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean

"Are Actors People?"

"No, that's no way to think at all" (198).

House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

"How long before one could hit the dark, mysterious liquid with a splash?" (195)

"Perhaps we should just throw ourselves in the ocean."

Ayiti by Roxane Gay

"Why did you leave your island?"

"Paul held up a wriggling centipede nearly as long as his arm, and Ed said something that ended with 'three feet long in my shower'" (40).

Come In and Cover Me by Gin Phillips

"What did the Apaches make Tiswin beer out of?" (48)

"...white bread, salami, a plastic liter of vodka, cornstarch, and iodine."

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"Was it a pleasure?"

"You welcome the intense emotion, the passionate touches, you embrace the body that's embracing you, and you don't ask yourself too many questions" (12).

Confessions by Rabee Jaber

"How accurate are my memories?" (18)

"...let's say you paid attention and the information seeped into your brain. You can then consciously discard information and selectively forget..."

Remember - Lisa Genova

"Where did I park my car?"

"...a bucolic hamlet perched at the border..."

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"Didn't he ask you to give him some comments?"

"Gilgamesh heeded the words of his friend."

Gilgamesh

"Why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward?"

"I need somebody to love."

With a Little Help from My Friends by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Illustrated by Henry Cole

"What would you think if I sang out of tune?"

"But I must go and dress, or I shall be late" (72).

A Woman's Friendship by Ada Cambridge

"Didn't she want -- how did she manage?" (73)

"What a to-do! Faustina gets everything mixed up: she thinks Carlotta's nostalgia is the same as Paolo's and she confuses his yearning with the deprivation that the dear God has seen fit to assign to her, Faustina's, life."

The Virtuoso by Margriet de Moor

"Why don't you order some more drinks?"

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"Teddy trusts me, and I won't do anything that I should not like to tell him of afterwards" (112).

A Woman's Friendship by Ada Cambridge

"Been dull without your old man, eh?" (118)

"he likes to lie about his age & takes his paranoia seriously"

Tarantula by Bob Dylan

"how come youre so afraid of things that don't make any sense to you?"

"'...I almost got into a fight with him once. I don't like fanatics.'"

Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy) by Naguib Mahfouz

"'Then you are happy with the treaty?'"

"...I believe it was completely justified..."

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell

"Otherwise, where do you draw the line?"

". . . their friendship was restricted to these disembodied encounters" (24)

What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell

"Why would you do that, I said, why would you do that alone when you know how much I want it?" (50)

"Everyone is a liar -- in one way or another -- to one degree or another."

Pilgrim by Timothy Findley

"Is there nothing this woman has not exposed to research?"

"In spite of herself, she laughed at that" (33).

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

"Why this building, why such hate, to break in just to seemingly start a destructive frenzy?" (52)

"Reason enough for me."

Pilgrim by Timothy Findley

"Are you so immature that you are afraid of turning a page?"

"It was everybody else's fault; he would not have had troubles if everyone else was not so bloody boring" (144).

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

"How bad was it?" (147)

"The angry birds screeched and wiped out ten contestants."

Mr Lemoncello and the titanium Ticket by Chris Grabenstein

"Trouble?"

"No, no thank you," said Georgie.

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

"But suppose she doesn't want to go?"

(Deleted post)

“Maybe she was too bummed...”

My Year Abroad - Chang Rae Lee

“Was she a boat person?”

"'Moon-mutes! Two of them!' said Jung. 'Perhaps there will be a convention!'"

Pilgrim by Timothy Findley

"'And you,' he said, 'were you condemned never to be believed?'"

"I could say that you should trust me, but I don't even trust myself."

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"Are you now a reactionary?"

"It's better if I start with my mother" (12).

A Tunisian Tale by Hassouna Mosbahi

"Or else what?" (14)

"He memories turned on her."

Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

"'What will the consequence be?'"

"A demon whom we can point to and say, He did it."

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"What are your other choices?"

"I never wanted to be a mother, not to a girl, not to a boy, but fate had me in its sights" (120).

A Tunisian Tale by Hassouns Mosbahi

"What could I do?" (120)

"Absolutely nothing."

Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
by Andrew Cotter

"What strange magic is at play here?"

It is difficult to enumerate all the different groups and feminist visions animating such a global movement.

Feminist Antifascism by Ewa Majewska

For whom is the system of political representation designed?

"Grandma. . . . And then there were my aunts and uncles and cousins and Margaret, who'd just had a baby" (21).

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

"When will it hit?" (21)

"... within minutes ..."

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants: Updated and Expanded
by Douglas W. Tallamy

"Can generalists compensate for the loss of specialists?"

"You don't understand anything about commerce!" (59)

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

"But what did that man desire?" (59)

"Of course there is – love in this. But I am suggesting to you first and foremost a companionate marriage. A marriage of true interests. Desire may or may not become a part."

Angell, Pearl and Little God by Winston Graham

She said: "Why don't you kiss me?"

“I want to ask you not to pressure me about this.”

The Theft of Memory - Jonathan Kozol

“...are you hearing me?”

"To me, the choice is obvious."

Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants: Updated and Expanded
by Douglas W. Tallamy

"Remember those 4 million miles of U.S. roads?"

"The drama of this has always appealed to me, as has the glory" (58).

The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung

"How are they so sure of themselves, and why are so many people so eager to listen?" (60)

"Often, when signing books, I'll pretend to have powers...The key, I learned, is to speak with authority."

The Best of Me by David Sedaris

"Do you think you'll be safe up there?"

"What nature would conceal and hide
You bare it, make a public show.
'Twill lead to evil, lead to woe" (70).

Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey through Tudor England by Amy Licence

"Whom would you account poor?" (117)

"...out at one in the morning, knee-deep in a Dumpster and elbowing aside some immigrant Haitian lady for the good stuff."

The Best of Me by David Sedaris

"Do you remember how out of control you were last night?"

"My Lord Prince was undressed . . . and there, fire and fumigations and many royal things done" (130, ellipses in original)

Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England by Amy Licence

"Why, Mr, Dering, I trust you do not think it unlawful to have plate?" (117)

"That's why I gave them your name."

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

"Where's he sleep?"

"Thereafter the Newcastles seem only to have visited London in 1665 and 1667" (382 n 65).

Mad Madge: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle by Katie Whitaker

"Why should we desire to be masculine, since our own sex and condition is far the better?" (247)

"'Perhaps some day I'll tell you.'"

The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies

"'Then you wouldn't know if anything were missing?'"

"Most commonly it soon vanisheth away, and many times before it can be perceived" (290).

Mad Madge: The extraordinary Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle by Katie Whitaker

"Is this the learned man that is so famous, that writ such and such books?" (291)

"Francis Cornish, whose career as an art expert, especially in the realms of sixteenth-century and Mannerist painting, extended over forty years and was marked by a series of discoveries, reversals of previously held opinions, and quarrels, was known as a dissenter and frequently a scoffer in matters of taste."

What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

"You'd have thought the girl could have found a Canadian now, wouldn't you?"

"You're pals with someone for so many years, you think you know them."

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

"What are you getting me into?"

"Take a vomit, or else one of the doses of purging powder I sent in May" (338).

Mad Madge: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle by Katie Whitaker

"Who knows but that man's soul in fame delights
After the body and it disunites?" (339)

"'Does the spirit of Francis Cornish not want his life to be written? He was the most private man I've ever known.'"

What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

"If there was nothing fishy about it, why did Zadok take off his boots and go upstairs in his socks?"

"Not today, Marjorie" (136).

Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

"How is the therapy going for you" (139)

"The entire thing will be a disaster, mark my words."

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

"Why are we here?

"The year 1861 did not get off to a good start" (81).

Queen Victoria and the Romanovs by Coryne Hall

"How could we invite you to come to us whilst we are unable to hold out to you any distinct promise beforehand?" (95)

"You already sound like you're trying to talk me out of what I came to do."

The Nameless Ones by John Connolly

"What if I don't want to look at any photographs?"

I agreed to wait another day, and went back down to my inn.

The Izu Dancer by Yasunari Kawabata

"What in the world is that?"

"...the primary drone, a DJI S1000, bigger and heavier than the Phantom."

The Nameless Ones by John Connolly

"Is your phone secure?"

"Can't you just write to these people?" (303)

Nora: A Love Story by Nuala O'Connor

"What gets into you, Jim?" (301)

"This is a family problem and we'll find a solution together as a family."

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

"How about we just sit and chat?"

"'I'd have to think it over.'"

What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

"What do you make of that, my friend?"

"And don't worry of you're not in the mood to chat, honestly. I could just as well roll a cigarette for us."

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

"Why don't you come and work for me?"

"People will see that and think I'm industrious" (342).

Nora: A Love Story by Nuala O'Connor

"How did your nails get so dirty, Lucy, what were you doing?" (342)

"We worked so hard..."

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

"But what will you tell your mother?"

"Helen and I are in love" (368).

Nora: A Love Story by Nuala O'Connor

"How can she?" (373)

At this Dorothy merely smiled.

A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell

"Have you got anything you can give us for the jumble sale?"

"'There are six pictures, I believe.'"

What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

""Do you remember which one he was?'"

"He looked silly to me, dough-bellied and chinless" (8).

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

"But what does that mean?" (12)

*this same game is also here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336381#n7709329

* THIS is the ORIGINAL game, though! :D

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“He’s an artist, and artists are selfish.”

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

“Clumsy, isn’t he?”

"He did the same thing when I was sweaty too" (38).

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

"What had Annika done to me?" (30)

"The name isn't familiar to me, but I can ask around."

The Nameless Ones by John Connolly

"Are you a regular Guardian reader?"

"We all know you went to junior college" (24).

The Trees by Percival Everett

"Where is Junior Junior with them pigs?" (20

"Probably rifling wallets in the tents."

Firestorm by Nevada Barr

"How 'bout I get you some dinner before them hogs swill it all down?"

"No, I just like coffee" (222).

The Trees by Percival Everett

'Why did it take so long to find him?" (177)

"Spies are watching us."

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

"Tell us, have you seen the body?"

His thick male body was pressing her backwards and downwards ... The harsh odour of maleness forced itself into her nostrils. She recoiled. Furry thighs of satyrs! *

A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell

"Haven't you got an overcoat?"

* A section of the first sentence snipped out for brevity.

"One day you wake up and you think it's gone, but it's only migrated to some other place..."

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak

"How did you end up here?"

"You know I love to get on the internet late at night and argue" (59)

No One is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood

"Which words, and in which order, could you possibly utter that would make her understand?" (60)

"Hell if I know."

Firestorm by Nevada Barr

"Why did you sneak up and scare me half to death?"

"some writers are that way" (72)

Lost Words by Nicola Gardini

"What do journalists do?" (76)

"They – they had me locked up …"

The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart

"Is there anything you’d like us to send you from England?"

"a postcard from Mama" (78)

Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters 1916-1918 by Helen Azar

"Mr. Minister, is there any possible reason for this that you can find?" (85n)

"We always aim to solve one such mystery or another."

Tales from the Ant World by Edward O. Wilson

"What are they doing that makes them so successful?"

"For the most part I was lying down on the sofa in the study" (120).

Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters 1916-1918 by Helen Azar

"Treatment consists of dairy diet, lying down with poultice applications to the stomach, and most importantly emotional tranquility, but where to find that, living here?" (122-3)

"Stay here at the mill."

Tales from the Ant World by Edward O. Wilson

"So what is the meaning of the grossly oversized eyes...?"

"I've been smoking their filthy pot, that's why."

The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart

"What do we do about lunch?"

"I brought dehydrated eggs and Spam. And some biscuits."

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

"What did you find at The Crooked Pine?"

"The cows are starving, no one thought to prepare hay for them all summer" (130).

Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, Diaries & Letters, 1916-1918 by Helen Azar

"Good people, tell me, what is this?" (189)

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"Lesson plans."

Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger

"Okay if I take off?"

"May God protect you" (140).

Anastasia Romanov: The Tsar's Youngest Daughter Speaks Through Her Writings, 1907-1918 by Helen Azar

"Who do you think we met here in the square?" (218)

"A ghost..."

The Woman in the Window - A. J. Finn

"When did he get so tall?"

"...soon after we moved into our new home."

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
by Douglas W. Tallamy

"How about a package of food stuffed with protein?"

All was well again: bran taken out of the flour, in order to give white bread the bleached appearance that people liked, was now being sold back to them in nice-looking packets, at the price of three small loaves.

The Long Week-end by Robert Graves

"By whom?" asked the magistrate.

“Bad Bert!”

The Woman in the Window - A. J. Finn

“Why were people in my house?”

"There's no sign that anything untoward happened..."

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly

"Let's just say that you were mistaken, and leave it at that, shall we?"

In the right light, he found, one might see a line evident in lanes and paths, edges of fields, walls, churches, and pre-Christian sites, especially those from before the Bronze Age.

Old Fields: Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape by John R. Stilgoe

Wasn't her shape just right for the day of a legend?

"And that's how she was at home: a bug under glass."

Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living by Karen Auvinen

"Why didn't she call?"

"It was not a good time to disturb me" (94).

Pig Tales by Marie Darrieussecq

"What do we do with this, Monsieur Edgar?" (108)

"The language of the wilderness is the most beautiful language we have and it is our job to sing it, until and even after it is gone, no matter how much it hurts."

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

"What good has the hollow chuckle ever done anyone?"

“...it’s not clear.”

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

“And how is Dr. Green today?”

"It doesn't matter, darling, go back to sleep" (3).

The Ship of Widows by Irina Grekova

"But what do you need it for?" (6)

Here's the background. For reasons I won't go into now, it is of the essence of the sexual reproduction that you shouldn't fertilize yourself.

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins

Missing link? What do you mean "missing"?

"I've never laid eyes on the man, and this is apparently my last chance."

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston

"What if I don't get it right on the first try?"

“Maybe it really is a waste of time.”

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

“Why are you stressed?”

"I have no idea where I am, somewhere between here and there."

What a Dog Knows: A Novel by Susan Wilson

"Do you know that guy out there...?"

“No...no more than anybody else.”

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

“Do you know how many workers I have here in the restaurant?”

"One hundred twenty."

What a Dog Knows: A Novel by Susan Wilson

"I know it's short notice, but would you be interested in doing a party?"

"I think I am capable of dealing with most situations," said Lady Westholme complacently.

Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie

"Is there anything further?" she asked coldly.

“...we’ll talk later.”

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

“...why are you whispering?”

"So that I can be a sympathetic and understanding wife."

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

"Who knew another world was possible...?"

"But, Daddy, if you don't see them, you don't know they're there."

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

"When we go to sleep...how do we know that things in the world don't start to move?"

"...we find no reliable data to measure the phenomenon..."

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

"Do you want to see Marty's kitchen?"

“I want Daddy to take me...”

Waking Lions - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

“Okay, so who are you waiting for?”

"... an array of local jokers and knuckleheads."

Buffalo Lockjaw by Greg Ames

"Is there assigned seating?"

"...mostly clustered around the appetizer table."
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

"Would you like a refill?"

"Cream of tomato soup is no good, it's too heavy."

Accidents - Yael Hedaya

"Did you make it?"

"I can't even boil water."

Buffalo Lockjaw by Greg Ames

"Do you like pancakes?"

“Thanks! What a surprise!”

Accidents - Yael Hedaya

“Are you sure you don't want any?”

"...it doesn't matter."

Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson

"Which fruits were ripe, and who was eating them?"

Feeding Otto was like feeding an elephant or a gorilla. His great size required an immense bulk of green stuff per day.

The Italian Girl by Iris Murdoch

"Does anyone know except you?"

"Miss Loretta."

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

"Why are you home so early?"

"I feel sometimes I shall go mad, because there is nowhere to go..."

Abroad: British Literary Traveling between the Wars by Paul Fussell

"Where the devil did I think I was going?"

"Well, that wasn't mushroom picking in Scotland, was it."

The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife

"Is everything in place?"

"I know, I know. We're so early. Hi! I'm sure you're not even done setting up."

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

"When are they gonna do presents and cake?"

"In the summer."

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney

"Would you like to join the gardening club?"

“I’m too young to have a job.”

Fight Night - Miriam Toews

“Am I right?”

"Your guess is as good as mine."

Autopsy: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell

"What else am I about to find out?"

“I gave Grandma her seven thousand evening pills.”

Fight Night - Miriam Toews

“Worry about what?”

"My god, how can you even count them?"

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

"How do people do this?"

“...it was something to look forward to and focus on.”

Night Fight - Miriam Toews

“What’s the worst thing that can happen?”

"We may never find out." "Life doesn't always go in the direction we expect it to."

The Venice Sketchbook- Rhys Bowen

"So how long do you plan to stay here?"

"Let's just go! Shake a leg!"

Night Fight - Miriam Toews

"But where's Dad?'

"William's place on Riverside Drive."

Oh William!: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

"What was his problem?"

"...he had a massive heart attack and almost died, but he had no insurance anymore from work because he'd quit his job and he hadn't gotten around to getting with a new insurance program so he lost everything.

Night Fight - Miriam Toews

"Why do you ask?"

"Soldier seldom barked. The dog moaned and groaned, growled and snorted. He spent more time than necessary farting, but he seldom barked."

The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King

"What was Smoke River like?"

"...riddled with blowdowns, overgrowth, detours onto roads...

The Appalachian Trail: A Biography by Philip D'Anieri

"Why oh why did I ever start out on this...?"

"You're very keen, bad weather never puts you off. I saw you go out the other day and it was coming down in buckets!"

Ellie and the Harp Maker by Hazel Prior.

Why settle for a racehorse when you can have a unicorn?

"They remain elusive."

The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal by Mary L. Trump, Ph. D.

"The question is, why?"

The man looked at me, somewhat frightened. He finally asked if I’d seen the lake of fire and brimstone.

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

"You've been doing this a long time?"

"... sixty-odd years of running ..."

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
by Elizabeth Letts

"What are we waiting for?"

'waiting for the unlikely: for the November sun to come out.'

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

‘Why, Curly Day, aren’t you ashamed?’

“...I don’t believe that scare tactics work.”

Keep Sharp - Sanjay Gupta MD

“What is considered normal and abnormal?”

'don’t worry about it, don’t even think about it.’

The Cider House Rules by John Irving

‘Where are you going in my hat?’

"...an Italian restaurant..."

A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003 - 2020) by David Sedaris

"Do you think it's just for Christmas or a year-round decoration?"

"Just looking at it...I'm almost converted to Catholicism."

Time and Again - Jack Finney

"Well, what about the streetlamps?"

He couldn't even see her face, just the corona of red around her head, the gaslights of Chelsea reflecting off her hair.

Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore

"Do you mind if I take a sip of cognac?"

"I'm one of the few people to waste serious time on it."

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson

"Who traveled to the desert during the hottest month of the year?"

"Mrs Rainwater shook her head and stared at her feet; she looked like she wanted to spit."

Big Fish by Daniel Wallace.

"Why do you think that is?"

"Our family, we are somewhat unusual people."

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

"Would you like to see my drawing?"

"Oh, very well, then. I'll come along. It might be quite fun."

The Green Man by Kingsley Amis

"In a coffin?"

"Maybe it's somewhere else in the building."

Size 14 Is Not Fat Either

Has she not noticed the grate?

"Doubtful, from what I understand."

Shadows Reel by C. J. Box

"Have you looked outside?"

"...I looked past the watery wells..."

The Beauty in Breaking - Michele Harper

"What seems to be the problem?"

"a malevolent planet, breeding anger and wars."

Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less by James Hamblin

"Is that the best way to use your power and influence?"

"women do after all exist for that one purpose -- and one resigns one's self to one's fate, trusts God, and hopes for the best, -- don't you think so, my darling?" (122-3)

Princess Alice: Queen Victoria's Forgotten Daughter by gerard Noel

"what uncharacteristic and drastic convulsion had taken possession of her soul?" (174)

“Well, upon my soul, ha ha, I must say,” Arthur sniggered, coughed and rapidly fingered his wig, “seldom have I met such an extremely, if you’ll allow me to say so, er — advanced, or shall I say, er — modern young lady. . .”

The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood

“What were you doing in Shanghai?”

"...I first started in the world of online public science engagement.."

Why Sharks Matter - David Shiffman

"Which conservation philosophy is best?"

"You can kill the one under the bed, but there are always a few more in the back of the closet waiting."

The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

"How are they healing up?"

Carter shook his head. “I’m fine. I got cut up a little, but the blood is mostly Nelly’s."

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

“What amulet?” the boy asked eagerly through a mouthful of stew.

"...the round black stone Cappy had given me, the thunderbird egg."

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

"Can you hide it?"

"Every day. All the time..."

The Other Wes Moore - Wes Moore

"Is Mommy mad at me?"

"Would that the psychologists might tell us."

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis

"Won't you ask Mrs. Edge to put out something on this?"

"She installed barbed wire on the walls to protect the house" (52).

The Drum Tower by Farnoosh Moshiri

"What had Grandmother hidden here?" (64)

"Beside a small bottle of water and a white headband were two spray-paint bottles, one with a white top and one with a blue."

The Other Wes Moore - Wes Moore

"You wanna tag?"

"There is some danger in this."

Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood

"What is it he forgot the last time?"

“Diet Coke twelve-packs, an oven filled with used paperbacks, ashtrays balanced on stacked-up phone books.”

It’s Not Nothing - Courtney Denelle

“I rifle through the drawers looking for—what?”

"... promotional stickers, notepads, paper fans, tubes of lip balm, landscape calenders, and "koozies"..."

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

"Does your neighbor know?"

“just so you know, I’m sleeping up in Joey’s room tonight...”

It’s Not Nothing - Courtney Denelle

“Our little secret. Right?”

"Hush," I said. "We are all in God's hands, and He is merciful."

Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya

"Two rupees? How much do you think you can buy with two rupees?"

"...loose pills and grimy candies."

Iron Shoes - Molly Giles

"Where is your purse?"

"... at the top steps of the vestibule..."

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

"Who did the painting?"

You must remember being a kid and mixing your paints. There’s a certain point where it just becomes totally muddy.

Make Ink: A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan

Still too difficult?

"That's the old way."

LaRose by Louise Erdrich

"After all, what does it matter if we're the same or not?"

"Not a bit."

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers

"How come you didn't kick me out last night?"

"Like all proper monsters, most of the 200 or so species distributed throughout North America emerge from the earth at night."

Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale
by Ted Williams

"So what should you do: retreat to the cellar, fetch a broom, or rise and tickle the intruder?"

"I can do that all right."

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers

"When do I start?"

"It depends how it goes."

The Looking Glass War by John le Carré

"Have you done this kind of thing before?"

“I got plenty of experience…”

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers

“What about pay?”

"Camp Benally, an Alpine camp for boys."

A Dog's Courage by W. Bruce Cameron

"Do you want me to go get the umbrella?"

"I done pondered over this thing many a time..."

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers

"Where do you intend to go now?"

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