"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

"He needed somebody to lean on"

"He needed somebody to lean on" - 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

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals"

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"It's the best-looking people who have the best chances"

"It's the best-looking people who have the best chances" - Someone by Alice McDermott

"There is evidence of styling gel"

"There is evidence of styling gel" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"Then everything started to rumble"

"Then everything started to rumble" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"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

"Come on now, we've got things to do"

"Come on now, we've got things to do" -  Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi

 

"You'll understand when you meet him some time"

"You'll understand when you meet him some time" - Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi

"He suddenly felt vulnerable, and mortal"

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

"You really hurt my feelings!"

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

"What a ridiculous statement"

"What a ridiculous statement" - Home by George Saunders

"There ain't many of that kind of place"

"There ain't many of that kind of place" - Home by George Saunders

"The lost years had not proven all bad, though"

"The lost years had not proven all bad, though" - Zero Day by Mark Russinovich

"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

"I'm just beginning to get control of my own body"

"I'm just beginning to get control of my own body" - 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

"The more it changes, the more it is the same"

"The more it changes, the more it is the same" - Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein