"All poems cause side effects"

"All poems cause side effects" - fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"I was hoping there might be a clue here"

"I was hoping there might be a clue here" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"And you were hiding from the photographer?"

"And you were hiding from the photographer?" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"I hated having to ask them to wait"

"I hated having to ask them to wait" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"He needed somebody to lean on"

"He needed somebody to lean on" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"Don't worry about it, it's all right"

"Don't worry about it, it's all right" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"It was nothing I had ever seen before"

"It was nothing I had ever seen before" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"I never saw him playing cards, chess, or Scrabble"

"I never saw him playing cards, chess, or Scrabble" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"Quarrelling, trading insults, but ever, at bottom, bosom pals"

"Quarrelling, trading insults, but ever, at bottom, bosom pals" - Citizin Conn by Michael Chabon

"I learned to pick out a hydrant"

"I learned to pick out a hydrant" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

And Now for Something Completely Different ...

... since it is this time of the year there is a special on the scrappress today.
On blackandwhiteandcolours normal service will resume tonight.

"Its walls had been painted often enough"

"Its walls had been painted often enough" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"I could have gone through the door"

"I could have gone through the door" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"A silent place where no one would hear my cries of outrage or pleas for freedom"

"A silent place where no one would hear my cries of outrage or pleas for freedom" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line"

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I couldn't sleep that night, not a wink"

"I couldn't sleep that night, not a wink" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I was quiet a moment"

"I was quiet a moment" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"Let me catch my breath"

"Let me catch my breath" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"You can't be serious! Have you gone mad? Leave here?"

"You can't be serious! Have you gone mad? Leave here?" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"Better than working, isn't it?"

"Better than working, isn't it?" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world"

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals"

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I'm sorry this happened to you"

"I'm sorry this happened to you" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"It's the best-looking people who have the best chances"

"It's the best-looking people who have the best chances" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"What sounds came from the street were distant, indistinguishable"

"What sounds came from the street were distant, indistinguishable" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"I think it's better to be up high"

"I think it's better to be up high" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"I'm happy to be here with you"

"I'm happy to be here with you" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"And then his gray eyes would drop to her face once more"

"And then his gray eyes would drop to her face once more" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"Nothing wrong with it"

"Nothing wrong with it" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"Does the combination mean anything to you?"

"Does the combination mean anything to you?" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs