"Sorry, I was trying to avoid someone"

"Sorry, I was trying to avoid someone" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"I'm only suffering minor embarrassment"

"I'm only suffering minor embarrassment" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"I hated having to ask them to wait"

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

"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

"I'm happy to be here with you"

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

"I know what to look for now, of course"

"I know what to look for now, of course" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"Nowhere is safe these days"

"Nowhere is safe these days" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"Well, I've been having a great time here"

"Well, I've been having a great time here" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"You stay cool and we'll stay cool"

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

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

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

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

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

"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

"It seemed like a silly idea if you ask me"

"It seemed like a silly idea if you ask me" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"Do you think I'm hero material?"

"Do you think I'm hero material?" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"The palace will soon be ours"

"The palace will soon be ours" - The Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill

"I had forgotten how much a new beard itches"

"I had forgotten how much a new beard itches" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin