"Sein Himmel war es, der sich über die Erde wölbte"

"Sein Himmel war es, der sich über die Erde wölbte" - Radetzkymarsch by Joseph Roth

"Gone fishing"

"I will be back around Jan 31st" - Gone Fishing by Martina ;-)

"He has turned minutes into hours, and hours into days"

"He has turned minutes into hours, and hours into days" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Let us stroll up a bit farther"

"Let us stroll up a bit farther" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"If the work was all that trivial, why did you bother?"

"If the work was all that trivial, why did you bother?" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Spent nearly twenty-four hours here, alone"

"Spent nearly twenty-four hours here, alone" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"He is a very reputable thief"

"He is a very reputable thief" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I am trying to recollect what it looked like"

"I am trying to recollect what it looked like" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"It was a subtile message"

"It was a subtile message" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"As I glance downriver I see a flotilla of watermen's boats approaching"

"As I glance downriver I see a flotilla of watermen's boats approaching" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"You have cast a new light on the matter"

"You have cast a new light on the matter" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"But this is not, as I gather, the machine that does the thinking?"

"But this is not, as I gather, the machine that does the thinking?" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I am accustomed by long habit to being in a chain of command"

"I am accustomed by long habit to being in a chain of command" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I shall make inquiries. It is strange."

"I shall make inquiries. It is strange." - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I had no idea that I stupidly interrupted something"

"I had no idea that I stupidly interrupted something" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"The number of her male admirers had not diminished over the years"

"The number of her male admirers had not diminished over the years" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Note the careful selection of words"

"Note the careful selection of words" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"He needed no wig, for his hair, though thin, still grew long and straight"

"He needed no wig, for his hair, though thin, still grew long and straight" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Never again interrupt us at our work"

"Never again interrupt us at our work" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Shall we try to force it open?"

"Shall we try to force it open?" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I should not love to be your companion for any length of time"

"I should not love to be your companion for any length of time" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"He'd not so much as twitched an eyelid"

"He'd not so much as twitched an eyelid" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"They heard, too, a distant thudding noise"

"They heard, too, a distant thudding noise" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson