"I'm only suffering minor embarrassment"

"I'm only suffering minor embarrassment" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"Nothing wrong with it"

"Nothing wrong with it" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"I never thought about the important things"

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

"The orange light looks like a gasoline fire"

"The orange light looks like a gasoline fire" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"The palace will soon be ours"

"The palace will soon be ours" - The Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill

"And what's your definition of living?"

"And what's your definition of living?" - The Merry Misogynist by Colin Cotterill

"We just slipped off the edge of the world"

"We just slipped off the edge of the world" -  Reverting to a Wild State by Justin Torres

"I think you've covered all my points"

"I think you've covered all my points" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"The little trees out the window are bare"

"The little trees out the window are bare" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"It was quiet and cool with no one around"

"It was quiet and cool with no one around" - Bible Camp Bloodbath by Joey Comeau

"It is a town perceived as an aging beauty, wearing a fabulous fur coat that smells ridiculously of spilt martinis and tater tots"

"It is a town perceived as an aging beauty, wearing a fabulous fur coat that smells ridiculously of spilt martinis and tater tots" - The Half-Life of Linoleum by -me

"Everything naturally flowed toward mediocrity"

"Everything naturally flowed toward mediocrity" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis