"But it couldn't be true"

"But it couldn't be true" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"It couldn't possibly be true"

"It couldn't possibly be true" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"Heroes walk their own dogs"

"Heroes walk their own dogs" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"You must always dress conservatively"

"You must always dress conservatively" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"And now here they were"

"And now here they were" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"They were sitting so close ... "

"They were sitting so close ... " - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

" ... that their arms were touching"

" ... that their arms were touching" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"It had a faint Australian accent"

"It had a faint Australian accent" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"I wonder if there are dogs on Mars"

"I wonder if there are dogs on Mars" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz

"Her voice was very quiet"

"Her voice was very quiet" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"It never listens to me"

"It never listens to me" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz

"I've not asked about your day"

"I've not asked about your day" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"Get out of my bloody way"

"Get out of my bloody way" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"Then leave a little reminder on their windshield"

"Then leave a little reminder on their windshield" - Pearls Before Swine 2008 Calendar by Stephan Pastis

"You spotted snakes with double tongue"

"You spotted snakes with double tongue" - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen"

"Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen" - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong"

"Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong" - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"Come not near our fairy Queen"

"Come not near our fairy Queen" - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"My life is so boring"

"My life is so boring" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz

"He said her name once more ... "

"He said her name once more ... " - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

" ... but she didn't respond"

" ... but she didn't respond" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"My beach ball just floated away"

"My beach ball just floated away" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz

"One equal temper of heroic hearts"

"One equal temper of heroic hearts" - Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Made weak by time and fate"

"Made weak by time and fate" - Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Hang on for a moment"

"Hang on for a moment" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"It was nothing if not fanciful"

"It was nothing if not fanciful" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"We all have them in our lives"

"We all have them in our lives" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"Few believe this explanation"

"Few believe this explanation" - Mirage by Alan Lightman

"Peaseblossom! Cobweb! Moth! and Mustardseed!"

"Peaseblossom! Cobweb! Moth! and Mustardseed!" - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

"Battle lines are being drawn"

"Battle lines are being drawn" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"I'll probably stay the night"

"I'll probably stay the night" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"You may not like the second half of this story"

"You may not like the second half of this story" - Pearls Before Swine 2008 Calendar by Stephan Pastis

"What else was history made up of?"

"What else was history made up of?" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"Place was empty when we got here"

"Place was empty when we got here" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"So let me see where we stand"

"So let me see where we stand" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"Want to make sure I don't forget anything"

"Want to make sure I don't forget anything" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"The silent dance resumed"

"The silent dance resumed" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"Bring him down here"

"Bring him down here" - The Flood by Ian Rankin

"And throw him in the pond"

"And throw him in the pond" - The Flood by Ian Rankin

"Then leave him naked, wet, lost in the dark"

"Then leave him naked, wet, lost in the dark" - The Flood by Ian Rankin

"The door clicked behind her"

"The door clicked behind her" - The Flood by Ian Rankin