"Forgive me for running off like that"

"Forgive me for running off like that" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"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

"The world is incredible at this time of day, isn't it?"

"The world is incredible at this time of day, isn't it?" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line"

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I was quiet a moment"

"I was quiet a moment" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world"

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I think it's better to be up high"

"I think it's better to be up high" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"There was a slight, exquisite scar on her throat"

"There was a slight, exquisite scar on her throat" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"I understand the depth of your feelings"

"I understand the depth of your feelings" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"He did not care about anything that had happened in that place"

"He did not care about anything that had happened in that place" - Leaving Maverly by Alice Munro

"Something beneath the ground was attempting to dig upwards"

"Something beneath the ground was attempting to dig upwards" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"I can't tell you all my secrets so soon"

"I can't tell you all my secrets so soon" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"Everything might get back to the way it was"

"Everything might get back to the way  it was" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"So many people stayed in bed on cloudy days"

"So many people stayed in bed on cloudy days" - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill

"He won't be able to fall back asleep"

"He won't be able to fall back asleep" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"I can remember being flooded with happiness once"

"I can remember being flooded with happiness once" - Honor by Tessa Hadley

"I was there but was also everywhere"

"I was there but was also everywhere" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"It is hours to go before you sleep"

"It is hours to go before you sleep" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"Isn't it funny how we close our eyes and enter a strange world we've made up?"

"Isn't it funny how we close our eyes and enter a strange world we've made up?" - Blue Roses by Frances Hwang

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it"

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison