"The southbound train from Paris was the one we had always taken from time immemorial"

"The southbound train from Paris was the one we had always taken from time immemorial" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"And if you get lost, just look for yourself"

"And if you get lost, just look for yourself" - Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead

"Why do I encounter them everywhere I go?"

"Why do I encounter them everywhere I go?" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"Somehow the moment never seemed right to ask"

"Somehow the moment never seemed right to ask" - The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

"She closed her eyes, then looked again"

"She closed her eyes, then looked again" - A History of Insects by Yvonne Roberts

"It must be around midnight when the sharks come"

"It must be around midnight when the sharks come" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"Want to make sure I don't forget anything"

"Want to make sure I don't forget anything" - Dead Souls by Ian Rankin

"Perhaps we overplayed our cards"

"Perhaps we overplayed our cards" - Pearls Before Swine 2008 Calendar by Stephan Pastis

"Dis Not Plan Me Have in Mind, Floyd"

"Dis Not Plan Me Have in Mind, Floyd" - Pearls Before Swine 2008 Calendar by Stephan Pastis