"The party was ending"

"The party was ending" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"Did I scare you?"

"Did I scare you?" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"It seemed they were going to be friends for the night"

"It seemed they were going to be friends for the night" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"I don't know what to say"

"I don't know what to say" - Ever Since by Donald Antrim

"We need everybody at their most alert"

"We need everybody at their most alert" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"I won't let my daughter out these nights"

"I won't let my daughter out these nights" - 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

"She pictured wolves, packs of them"

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

"That towel had worried him since he'd first seen it"

"That towel had worried him since he'd first seen it" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"He liked the way the air tasted way up high"

"He liked the way the air tasted way up high" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Listen to the darkness"

"Listen to the darkness" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Things were good this way for a long time"

"Things were good this way for a long time" - Dog Run Moon by Callan Wink

"As usual, there was no sign of life outside"

"As usual, there was no sign of life outside" - Dog Run Moon by Callan Wink

"He knew that he would get no answers"

"He knew that he would get no answers" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

"When a vacuum forms, something has to come along to fill it"

"When a vacuum forms, something has to come along to fill it" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

"There were funny stories, moving stories, and violent stories"

"There were funny stories, moving stories, and violent stories" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

"No one looked at anyone else, or had to be looked at"

"No one looked at anyone else, or had to be looked at" - Reverting to a Wild State by Justin Torres

"To comment is not necessarily to compliment"



"To comment is not necessarily to compliment" - Reverting to a Wild State by Justin Torres

   

"There was a long admiring pause"

"There was a long admiring pause" - Home by George Saunders

"Are you two going to sit here all night?"

"Are you two going to sit here all night?" - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein