"The sun was setting in earnest"

"The sun was setting in earnest" - He Knew by Donald Antrim

"I'm going to just relax"

"I'm going to just relax" - Terrorist by John Updike

"When they were gone it would be something that had never happened"

"When they were gone it would be something that had never happened" - Goo Book by Keith Ridgway

"This is how it has to be"

"This is how it has to be" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"It made you just want to lay out there and catch rays and think your happy thoughts"

"It made you just want to lay out there and catch rays and think your happy thoughts" - Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders

"They are waiting for you"

"They are waiting for you" - The Lower River by Paul Theroux

"The responsibility now falls upon you to make it all happen"

"The responsibility now falls upon you to make it all happen" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

"You and I are but earth"

"You and I are but earth" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

"Do you have any idea why I'm different?"

"Do you have any idea why I'm different?" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

"People looked forward to the future"

"People looked forward to the future" - The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

"The points of the compass are like money, which has value only because men say that it does"

"The points of the compass are like money, which has value only because men say that it does" - In the South by Salman Rushdie

"The universe does not understand up and down"

"The universe does not understand up and down" - In the South by Salman Rushdie

"He can see her reflection in the bathroom mirror"

"He can see her reflection in the bathroom mirror" - Brother on Sunday by A. M. Homes

"It was a yard wide, half as much tall ... it didn't do much"

"It was a yard wide, half as much tall ... it didn't do much" - The Gangsters by Colson Whitehead

"Zipping past the white fencing and rusting wire"

"Zipping past the white fencing and rusting wire" - The Gangsters by Colson Whitehead

"We were so grateful just to be there"

"We were so grateful just to be there" - The Gangsters by Colson Whitehead

"Riemann Zeta function again. That thing pops up everywhere"

"Riemann Zeta function again. That thing pops up everywhere" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"I guess I am just shy, or something"

"I guess I am just shy, or something" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"I watch the kid walk down the street"

"I watch the kid walk down the street" - Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica

"The wild boar is very good tonight"

"The wild boar is very good tonight" - Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica