"Loneliness is a mask"

"Loneliness is a mask" - fourteen threadless needles by Vito Pasquale

"Don't be scared, this isn't dangerous for you"

"Don't be scared, this isn't dangerous for you" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"Then everything started to rumble"

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

"Well, you learn something new every day"

"Well, you learn something new every day" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"I never thought about the important things"

"I never thought about the important things" - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

"She hoped he'd come back to see her someday"

"She hoped he'd come back to see her someday" - Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill

"He thought, that was the best you could hope for life: a kind of pause"

"He thought, that was the best you could hope for life: a kind of pause" - Homage to Hemingway by Julian Barnes

"You start down that path, where does it end?"

"You start down that path, where does it end?" - 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

"If he doesn't leave right away he will be late for work"

"If he doesn't leave right away he will be late for work" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"Something about the absence of trees makes the light seem perfect"

"Something about the absence of trees makes the light seem perfect" - Rollingwood by Ben Marcus

"What they did they did with no variation"

"What they did they did with no variation" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis

"I tried to see them all in one long glance before they were gone"

"I tried to see them all in one long glance before they were gone" - An Honest Exit by Dinaw Mengestu

"My first mistake was waiting for a lift"

"My first mistake was waiting for a lift" - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay"

"Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay" - Beloved by Toni Morrison

"His wife had just told him she was leaving him"

"His wife had just told him she was leaving him" - Ash by Roddy Doyle

"He left a trail of sawdust wherever he went"

"He left a trail of sawdust wherever he went" - Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead

"I don’t think I have ever felt more alive, he thought"

"I don’t think I have ever felt more alive, he thought" - One Step Closer by Iain Rowan

"I've never stayed anywhere else for any length of time"

"I've never stayed anywhere else for any length of time" - Edgemont Drive by E. L. Doctorow

"I just want to get out alive and breathing"

"I just want to get out alive and breathing" - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison