"She resembles one of those dolls that never blink"

"She resembles one of those dolls that never blink" - Shake! by Yvonne Roberts

"This story is not your life"

"This story is not your life" - To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

"The prose can be brutally beautiful"

"The prose can be brutally beautiful" - To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

"Nothing has ever felt more preordained"

"Nothing has ever felt more preordained" - To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

"But life will be books for you, from here on"

"But life will be books for you, from here on" - To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

"Sorry, my bookie gave me great odds"

"Sorry, my bookie gave me great odds" - Pearls Before Swine Calendar 2010 by Stephan Pastis

"Where had the shine gone when it disappeared off everything?"

"Where had the shine gone when it disappeared off everything?" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"Why, the dark is built right in, isn't it?"

"Why, the dark is built right in, isn't it?" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"It seemed like it would be cheating to use words"

"It seemed like it would be cheating to use words" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"It would have been fine to scream"

"It would have been fine to scream" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"You think you're so pretty, don't you?"

"You think you're so pretty, don't you?" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"Not everybody can be lucky like you"

"Not everybody can be lucky like you" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"There had been some kind of infraction; she was certain of that"

"There had been some kind of infraction; she was certain of that" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"She stared at the open door for a while"

"She stared at the open door for a while" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"No hard feelings? What could ever be harder than feelings?"

"No hard feelings? What could ever be harder than feelings?" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"Everything's weird if you stare at it"

"Everything's weird if you stare at it" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"I want you to have fun"

"I want you to have fun" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"This moment might never come again"

"This moment might never come again" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"Those are goats. Only goats bleat"

"Those are goats. Only goats bleat" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"I don't really have better things to do"

"I don't really have better things to do" - The Dungeon Master by Sam Lipsyte

"Since when did you take an interest in sports?"

"Since when did you take an interest in sports?" - Pearls Before Swine Calendar 2010 by Stephan Pastis

"I had this dream which suggested that it was going to be the ending of the whole book"

"I had this dream which suggested that it was going to be the ending of the whole book" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"They stared at each other in silence for an eternity"

"They stared at each other in silence for an eternity" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"Things did not move with great urgency"

"Things did not move with great urgency" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"We don't have any luck as far as love is concerned!"

"We don't have any luck as far as love is concerned!" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"Good art is never explicit enough"

"Good art is never explicit enough" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"How long life seemed when one thought of the past"

"How long life seemed when one thought of the past" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"O please take me with you! I can't bear to be left again!"

"O please take me with you! I can't bear to be left again!" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"Wouldn't you retire from the world if you could?"

"Wouldn't you retire from the world if you could?" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"One could not help being charmed and wishing him well in his little adventure"

"One could not help being charmed and wishing him well in his little adventure" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"He praised everything except my physical beauty"

"He praised everything except my physical beauty" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell