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

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

"And you don't even have to remember how it feels, if you remember how it looks"

"And you don't even have to remember how it feels, if you remember how it looks" -  fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"I hated having to ask them to wait"

"I hated having to ask them to wait" - Citizen Conn by Michael Chabon

"I could have gone through the door"

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

"What sounds came from the street were distant, indistinguishable"

"What sounds came from the street were distant, indistinguishable" - Someone by Alice McDermott

Gone Fishing

"I will be back around Monday 1/30" - Gone Fishing by Martina :-D

"We need everybody at their most alert"

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

"Well, I've been having a great time here"

"Well, I've been having a great time here" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"They're like an old married couple, enit?"

"They're like an old married couple, enit?" - One Good Man by Sherman Alexie

"He turned around and a shudder ran along his spine"

"He turned around and a shudder ran along his spine" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"She had no idea what the phrase meant"

"She had no idea what the phrase meant" - The Climber Room by Sam Lipsyte

"It makes sense to me"

"It makes sense to me" - Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill

"And what's your definition of living?"

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

"They tell us what they want us to know, and that's little enough"

"They tell us what they want us to know, and that's little enough" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"In truth, I was made to sing for kings and high lords"

"In truth, I was made to sing for kings and high lords" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"He had made up his mind. He was not going to be afraid"

"He had made up his mind. He was not going to be afraid" - Town of Cats by Haruki Murakami

Gone Fishing

I will be back around September 19 - Gone Fishing by Martina :-)

"He suddenly felt vulnerable, and mortal"

"He suddenly felt vulnerable, and mortal" - Anarchy and Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill

"We've something you're going to want to see"

"We've something you're going to want to see" - This Body of Death by Elizabeth George

"I think you've covered all my points"

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