"You stay cool and we'll stay cool"

"You stay cool and we'll stay cool" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"The fastest thing on the road"

"The fastest thing on the road" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"The orange light looks like a gasoline fire"

"The orange light looks like a gasoline fire" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"They're like an old married couple, enit?"

"They're like an old married couple, enit?" - One Good Man by Sherman Alexie

"I think it's time for us to go home"

"I think it's time for us to go home" - Saint Junior by Sherman Alexie

"He just got his heart broken"

"He just got his heart broken" - Indian Country by Sherman Alexie

"I wanted to know how it felt to run"

"I wanted to know how it felt to run" - The Sin Eaters by Sherman Alexie

"Don't you know the grass is always green"

"Don't you know the grass is always green" - South by Southwest by Sherman Alexie

"Let's go someplace else"

"Let's go someplace else" - Assimilation by Sherman Alexie

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable"

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"Buffalo dung never lands twice on the same mushroom"

"Buffalo dung never lands twice on the same mushroom" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"The rocks move all the time"

"The rocks move all the time" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"There was a massive silence"

"There was a massive silence" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"He turned around and a shudder ran along his spine"

"He turned around and a shudder ran along his spine" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"And with no invitation, she launched into a poem"

"And with no invitation, she launched into a poem" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"I'd sooner run head first into a bramble bush"

"I'd sooner run head first into a bramble bush" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"How on earth can you be this jolly?"

"How on earth can you be this jolly?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"You do realize you've screwed up the carburettor assembly?"

"You do realize you've screwed up the carburettor assembly?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"What happened to love and harmony, man?"

"What happened to love and harmony, man?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"She pictured wolves, packs of them"

"She pictured wolves, packs of them" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"How was your day?"

"How was your day?" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"You're a real sweetheart"

"You're a real sweetheart" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"I've had all sorts of adventures"

"I've had all sorts of adventures" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"You were going to do all the wonderful things"

"You were going to do all the wonderful things" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"She had no idea what the phrase meant"

"She had no idea what the phrase meant" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"You're not surprised to see me, are you?"

"You're not surprised to see me, are you?" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"He did not care about anything that had happened in that place"

"He did not care about anything that had happened in that place" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"He did not want to explain anything to anybody"

"He did not want to explain anything to anybody" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"All signs said that the right thing to do was to go back there"

"All signs said that the right thing to do was to go back there" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"He took walks almost every day, in spite of the weather"

"He took walks almost every day, in spite of the weather" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"Time to make a fresh start"

"Time to make a fresh start" - Leaving Maverley by Alice Munro