"She pictured wolves, packs of them"

"She pictured wolves, packs of them" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"Here there is room to think"

"Here there is room to think" - Foster by Claire Keegan

"In truth I am no gentleman, though I can be a gentle man"

"In truth I am no gentleman, though I can be a gentle man" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"I said it before, sir, you are a gentle man"

"I said it before, sir, you are a gentle man" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"We were two sombre boys hunched in our coats, grim winter settling in"

"We were two sombre boys hunched in our coats, grim winter settling in" - Midnight in Dostoevsky by Don DeLillo

"Just so - if only we could jump fast enough, or had a strong enough wind at our backs, we could all be planets"

"Just so - if only we could jump fast enough, or had a strong enough wind at our backs, we could all be planets" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

"Such happy memories of earlier days"

"Such happy memories of earlier days" - Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

"Colorful insects flew around"

"Colorful insects flew around" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"That remembered image was all I had to go on"

"That remembered image was all I had to go on" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"The place began to hum and rumble"

"The place began to hum and rumble" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"A few hundred people lived here, at least in the summer"

"A few hundred people lived here, at least in the summer" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson

"Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote"

"Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote" - Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

"Maybe the camera was his shield"

"Maybe the camera was his shield" - Until I Find You by John Irving

"Cats often disappear like that"

"Cats often disappear like that" - Man-eating cats by Haruki Murakami