"No one expected me. Everything awaited me"

"No one expected me. Everything awaited me" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"It occured to him that nothing was going to happen"

"It occured to him that nothing was going to happen" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"His young eyes stored away each play of light"

"His young eyes stored away each play of light" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"To be an artist was to see what others could not"

"To be an artist was to see what others could not" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"I cherished the idea that one day I would write a book"

"I cherished the idea that one day I would write a book" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"I was never going to be become anything but myself"

"I was never going to be become anything but myself" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"I was a bad girl trying to be good"

"I was a bad girl trying to be good" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates"

"I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"There's no way you're going to get a quote from us"

"There's no way you're going to get a quote from us" - (Metropolitan Police spokesperson) Wall And Piece by Banksy

"People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care"

"People either love me or they hate me, or they don't really care" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"Leave the house before you find something worth staying in for"

"Leave the house before you find something worth staying in for" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use"

"It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"Crouching next to a huge pile of dung my mind froze up"

"Crouching next to a huge pile of dung my mind froze up" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss"

"When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"A wall has always been the best place to publish your work"

"A wall has always been the best place to publish your work" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"He seemed genuinely surprised"

"He seemed genuinely surprised" - The Years of My Birth by Louise Erdrich

"I have always tried to avoid pain"

"I have always tried to avoid pain" - The Years of My Birth by Louise Erdrich

"That was the only beautiful thing I ever had"

"That was the only beautiful thing I ever had" - The Years of My Birth by Louise Erdrich

"His eyes are pounding, he feels a scream rising in his chest"

"His eyes are pounding, he feels a scream rising in his chest" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"When you have that feeling, everything's full of life, every leaf, every pebble"

"When you have that feeling, everything's full of life, every leaf, every pebble" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"You see them when they're leading up to something"

"You see them when they're leading up to something" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"These are good things to look at, but sometimes you don't see them"

"These are good things to look at, but sometimes you don't see them" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"All week long he's looked forward to this day"

"All week long he's looked forward to this day" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"You try not to remind anybody you're there"

"You try not to remind anybody you're there" - Getting Closer by Steven Millhauser

"Would you like to go back? It's completely up to you"

"Would you like to go back? It's completely up to you" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"I was there but was also everywhere"

"I was there but was also everywhere" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"We're having a little tension in here today"

"We're having a little tension in here today" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"I could not help but wonder what tomorrow would bring"

"I could not help but wonder what tomorrow would bring" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"We sat tensely for a long time, not talking"

"We sat tensely for a long time, not talking" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"It is hours to go before you sleep"

"It is hours to go before you sleep" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"I daresay we had become poets"

"I daresay we had become poets" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders