"Let me just slow this down a little bit here"

"Let me just slow this down a little bit here" - fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"I could have gone through the door"

"I could have gone through the door" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I was quiet a moment"

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

"Nowhere is safe these days"

"Nowhere is safe these days" - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

"Let's go someplace else"

"Let's go someplace else" - Assimilation by Sherman Alexie

"The rocks move all the time"

"The rocks move all the time" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"A man who won't listen can't hear"

"A man who won't listen can't hear" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"I command whisperers, not warriors"

"I command whisperers, not warriors" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Makes you wonder what lies beyond"

"Makes you wonder what lies beyond" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"He had run out of words"

"He had run out of words" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Here was the house"

"Here was the house" - Home by George Saunders

"You really hurt my feelings!"

"You really hurt my feelings!" - Home by George Saunders

"Inside, some people were talking"

"Inside, some people were talking" - Home by George Saunders

"What a ridiculous statement"

"What a ridiculous statement" - Home by George Saunders

"Now this was starting to seem like the old days"

"Now this was starting to seem like the old days" - Home by George Saunders

"Mumbling quietly to himself, he slowly raised his hand"

"Mumbling quietly to himself, he slowly raised his hand" - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill

"This was where they sighted the bear"

"This was where they sighted the bear" - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill

"He had to move soon or he'd be forced to turn back"

"He had to move soon or he'd be forced to turn back" - Zero Day by Mark Russinovich

"I shouldn't be suprised to find you here"

"I shouldn't be suprised to find you here" - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

"When I first saw it, I thought it was horrible"

"When I first saw it, I thought it was horrible" - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein