"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

"Of course they were happy to be there"

"Of course they were happy to be there" - Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

"He looked at all this and then at her"

"He looked at all this and then at her" - This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

"Everything's important till we know it's not"

"Everything's important till we know it's not" - This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

"She would live now, not read"

"She would live now, not read" - Gravel by Alice Munro

"He'd been lucky to survive their attack and now they wanted revenge"

"He'd been lucky to survive their attack and now they wanted revenge" - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill

"The sun is gone now; it will be dark soon"

"The sun is gone now; it will be dark soon" - The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets"

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"People were charmed and captivated"

"People were charmed and captivated" - The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

"It was the rattling that woke her"

"It was the rattling that woke her" - A History of Insects by Yvonne Roberts

"An incense stick smoked below the images"

"An incense stick smoked below the images" - The Elephant by Aravind Adiga

"My family's done a lot of traveling around"

"My family's done a lot of traveling around" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"I'm looking for my hat"

"I'm looking for my hat" - A Desert Encounter by John Updike

"She reads with great concentration"

"She reads with great concentration" - After Dark by Haruki Murakami

"We all have them in our lives"

"We all have them in our lives" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"The footfalls are light"

"The footfalls are light" - Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff

"I had plenty of dots"

"I had plenty of dots" - Bones To Ashes by Kathy Reichs

"I just had to connect them"

"I just had to connect them" - Bones To Ashes by Kathy Reichs

"There was a curious light in the salon"

"There was a curious light in the salon" - The Caliph's House by Tahir Shah

"I thought it was good news"

"I thought it was good news" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz