"You can't just drop a bunch of rocks in a pile to make a stone wall"

"You can't just drop a bunch of rocks in a pile to make a stone wall" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"It was always your light that I saw at the window"

"It was always your light that I saw at the window" - fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"I could think of nothing major I'd done to deserve the current cold freeze"

"I could think of nothing major I'd done to deserve the current cold freeze" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

"Life has its ironies"

"Life has its ironies" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

"Thought you'd gone without saying goodbye"

"Thought you'd gone without saying goodbye" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"How was your day?"

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

"A room, a meal, and a flagon of wine, that was all I asked"

"A room, a meal, and a flagon of wine, that was all I asked" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"It was a long walk to the far end of the hall"

"It was a long walk to the far end of the hall" -  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Where are the people who live here?"

"Where are the people who live here?" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"A lens is an instrument to help us see"

"A lens is an instrument to help us see" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"The closeness of this place felt strange to me"

"The closeness of this place felt strange to me" - An Anonymous Island by Yi Mun-Yol

"As usual, there was no sign of life outside"

"As usual, there was no sign of life outside" - Dog Run Moon by Callan Wink

"There shouldn't be any humans here"

"There shouldn't be any humans here" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

"As soon as he closed the book, he had to come back to the real world"

"As soon as he closed the book, he had to come back to the real world" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami



"Of course, reading novels was just another form of escape"

"Of course, reading novels was just another form of escape" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

"The thing is, you seem to fly above it all"

"The thing is, you seem to fly above it all" - Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi

"I've never seen nothing like that"

"I've never seen nothing like that" -  Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

"He'll never be happy there"

"He'll never be happy there" - Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

"I'm starting to believe I'm invincible"

"I'm starting to believe I'm invincible" - Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

"They all did their best"

"They all did their best" - Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill