"What in the world are you doing?"

"What in the world are you doing?" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"Forgive me for running off like that"

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

"Did you have any luck?""Not a bit"

"Did you have any luck?""Not a bit" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"Sorry, I was trying to avoid someone"

"Sorry, I was trying to avoid someone" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"We live in a city of (rough) approximations"

"We live in a city of (rough) approximations" - fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"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'm happy to be here with you"

"I'm happy to be here with you" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"Does the combination mean anything to you?"

"Does the combination mean anything to you?" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

"I hate it when corpses go walkabout"

"I hate it when corpses go walkabout" - 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

"It was like some bizarre work of art"

"It was like some bizarre work of art" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"I know what to look for now, of course"

"I know what to look for now, of course" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"The fastest thing on the road"

"The fastest thing on the road" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable"

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"How on earth can you be this jolly?"

"How on earth can you be this jolly?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"What happened to love and harmony, man?"

"What happened to love and harmony, man?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"There was so much I didn't understand"

"There was so much I didn't understand" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"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

"Tomorrow seems as good a day as any"

"Tomorrow seems as good a day as any" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"It makes sense to me"

"It makes sense to me" - 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