"I was prepared for I didn't know what"

"I was prepared for I didn't know what" - Indignation by Philip Roth

"Maybe they can give him something to settle him down"

"Maybe they can give him something to settle him down" - Indignation by Philip Roth

"Shut up, and from here on out, stop marching on!"

"Shut up, and from here on out, stop marching on!" - Indignation by Philip Roth

"You are not a simple soul and have no business being here"

"You are not a simple soul and have no business being here" - Indignation by Philip Roth

"My first mistake was waiting for a lift"

"My first mistake was waiting for a lift" - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

"I have decided to be an actor when I grow up"

"I have decided to be an actor when I grow up" - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

"I couldn't think of anything to say so I kept quiet"

"I couldn't think of anything to say so I kept quiet" - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

"Hiding your beauty behind strange vowels"

"Hiding your beauty behind strange vowels" - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

"It was not a story to pass on"

"It was not a story to pass on" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"She opened the door, walked in and locked it tight behind her"

"She opened the door, walked in and locked it tight behind her" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"You are my face; I am you"

"You are my face; I am you" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"He went to the window and wanted to cry"

"He went to the window and wanted to cry" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Nothing was in that shed, he knew, having been there early that morning"

"Nothing was in that shed, he knew, having been there early that morning" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"She had been dreaming it for years"

"She had been dreaming it for years" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Breathing and murmuring, breathing and murmuring"

"Breathing and murmuring, breathing and murmuring" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck"

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"I walked here. A long, long, long, long way"

"I walked here. A long, long, long, long way" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay"

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"There was nowhere else gracefully to go"

"There was nowhere else gracefully to go" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"And you have never before asked me where I was going when I left the house"

"And you have never before asked me where I was going when I left the house" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"Now come read a story with me"

"Now come read a story with me" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"Machines were rumbling from inside it"

"Machines were rumbling from inside it" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"I had to hold my breath as I stood there"

"I had to hold my breath as I stood there" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"Personally, I didn't like the apartment much"

"Personally, I didn't like the apartment much" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"I took them along a bumpy track"

"I took them along a bumby track" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"So I'm sick of talking about myself, sir"

"So I'm sick of talking about myself, sir" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"She put her hand on his shoulder"

"She put her hand on his shoulder" - Ash by Roddy Doyle

"No one goes home empty-handed"

"No one goes home empty-handed" - Ash by Roddy Doyle

"His wife had just told him she was leaving him"

"His wife had just told him she was leaving him" - Ash by Roddy Doyle

"Freedom was what they sought. Struggle was what they had lived through"

"Freedom was what they sought. Struggle was what they had lived through"- Apex Hide the Hurt by Colson Whitehead