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

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

"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

"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

"Does anybody tell the truth around here?"

"Does anybody tell the truth around here?" - Home by George Saunders

"I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates"

"I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates" - Just Kids by Patti Smith

"It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use"

"It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use" - Wall and Piece by Banksy

"Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing"

"Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing" - Foster by Claire Keegan

"Spent nearly twenty-four hours here, alone"

"Spent nearly twenty-four hours here, alone" - The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

"It was a sincere request for information"

"It was a sincere request for information" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets"

"Like the pulse of a perfect heart, life struck straight through the streets" - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

"My, my. You're turning down a beer?"

"My, my. You're turning down a beer?" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"He remembered what being alone was like"

"He remembered what being alone was like" - The Blue Last by Martha Grimes

"In no time laughter was rocking them both"

"In no time laughter was rocking them both" - Jazz by Toni Morrison

"The grand wazir glares at each one in turn"

"The grand wazir glares at each one in turn" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"The world outdoes them every time"

"The world outdoes them every time" - Love by Toni Morrison

"Around us was a modest crowd"

"Around us was a modest crowd" - Three by Andrea Lee

"But the street washers were approaching"

"But the street washers were approaching" - The Noble Truths of Suffering by Aleksandar Hemon

"The woman is as tough as nails"

"The woman is as tough as nails" - Crime by Irvine Welsh

"But it couldn't be true"

"But it couldn't be true" - Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

"Then leave a little reminder on their windshield"

"Then leave a little reminder on their windshield" - Pearls Before Swine 2008 Calendar by Stephan Pastis