"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 could have gone through the door"

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

"The kitchen is farther down on the right"

"The kitchen is farther down on the right" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

"I never thought about the important things"

"I never thought about the important things" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"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

"I've never had a friend before"

"I've never had a friend before" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Come on now, we've got things to do"

"Come on now, we've got things to do" -  Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi

 

"What a ridiculous statement"

"What a ridiculous statement" - Home by George Saunders

"Now this was starting to seem like the old days"

"Now this was starting to seem like the old days" - Home by George Saunders

"When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss"

"When the time comes to leave, just walk away quietly and don't make any fuss" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"It can't stay open. I have a good life"

"It can't stay open. I have a good life" - The Yellow by Samantha Hunt

"We've opened some sort of door here"

"We've opened some sort of door here" - The Yellow by Samantha Hunt

"You know: if I wasn't using anything or spending anything, I didn't need to make anything"

"You know: if I wasn't using anything or spending anything, I didn't need to make anything" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"I started thinking I should just go off the grid"

"I started thinking I should just go off the grid" - Boys Town by Jim Shepard

"Why are you out here? What did that door ever do to you?"

"Why are you out here? What did that door ever do to you?" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"See the world. Change it."

"See the world. Change it." - Shake! by Yvonne Roberts

"She stared at the open door for a while"

"She stared at the open door for a while" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"I had this dream which suggested that it was going to be the ending of the whole book"

"I had this dream which suggested that it was going to be the ending of the whole book" - The Avignon Quintet by Lawrence Durrell

"What type of trap was this? he wondered"

"What type of trap was this? he wondered" - Family Planning by Karan Mahajan