"Exactly what I was planning to do"

"Exactly what I was planning to do" - The Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill

"The pleasure his presence in her life gives her has yet to wane"

"The pleasure his presence in her life gives her has yet to wane" - Shake! by Yvonne Roberts

"You think you're so pretty, don't you?"

"You think you're so pretty, don't you?" - The Warm Fuzzies by Chris Adrian

"You are my face; I am you"

"You are my face; I am you" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck"

"Just let me feel your fingers again on the back of my neck" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"So I'm sick of talking about myself, sir"

"So I'm sick of talking about myself, sir" - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

"We could go out in the garden; we could find a local pub"

"We could go out in the garden; we could find a local pub" - The Godchildren by Tessa Hadley

"He felt like a good influence"

"He felt like a good influence" - The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade

"She would devote her life to these creatures"

"She would devote her life to these creatures" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"Try to think as little about yourself as possible"

"Try to think as little about yourself as possible" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"It was hiding under a fallen branch like a scared animal"

"It was hiding under a fallen branch like a scared animal" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Is that how a king should be raised?"

"Is that how a king should be raised?" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"There were a few clumps of devil's pokers"

"There were a few clumps of devil's pokers" - Old Wounds by Edna O'Brien

"Two frosted margaritas appear"

"Two frosted margaritas appear" - Crime by Irvine Welsh

"I've not asked about your day"

"I've not asked about your day" - With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George

"My life is so boring"

"My life is so boring" - Peanuts 2008 Calendar by Charles M. Schulz

"There are abstractionists"

"There are abstractionists" - A Flash of Light by Alan Lightman

"And there are tinkerers"

"And there are tinkerers" - A Flash of Light by Alan Lightman

"But I never stopped wondering"

"But I never stopped wondering" - Bones To Ashes by Kathy Reichs

"Now we're going to get in trouble"

"Now we're going to get in trouble" - Until I Find You by John Irving