"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

"You stay cool and we'll stay cool"

"You stay cool and we'll stay cool" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable"

"I can be alert and stoned. I'm adaptable" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"Buffalo dung never lands twice on the same mushroom"

"Buffalo dung never lands twice on the same mushroom" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"The rocks move all the time"

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

"There was a massive silence"

"There was a massive silence" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"You do realize you've screwed up the carburettor assembly?"

"You do realize you've screwed up the carburettor assembly?" - Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

"What happened to love and harmony, man?"

"What happened to love and harmony, man?" - 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

"I will not sit here meekly and wait for the snows and the ice winds"

"I will not sit here meekly and wait for the snows and the ice winds" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Little by little, the sounds dwindled and died"

"Little by little, the sounds dwindled and died" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"I had forgotten how much a new beard itches"

"I had forgotten how much a new beard itches" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"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

"He would never offer me any harm"

"He would never offer me any harm" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"A room, a meal, and a flagon of wine, that was all I asked"

"A room, a meal, and a flagon of wine, that was all I asked" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Laughter is poison to fear"

"Laughter is poison to fear" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"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

"It was a long walk to the far end of the hall"

"It was a long walk to the far end of the hall" -  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"Stolen heroes and the gods of dead peoples brooded in the darkness beyond the road"

"Stolen heroes and the gods of dead peoples brooded in the darkness beyond the road" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

"It's better if no one knows of our plans"

"It's better if no one knows of our plans" - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin