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[Lukeje]

Yet in this place he did not know even how to reply to a simple question and gazed at the other clients as if it were their duty to help him, as if no one could expect him to answer should help not be forthcoming.

The Trial by Kafka.

 

[JayDub147]

"Don't Panic."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Nope, unless your book is different from mine.
I actually found the right line before seeing your post.

""What sort of ship are we in?" Asked Arthur as the pit of eternity yawned beneath them"

Do you have paperback or hardcover? Mine is the latter.

I'll admit, I was just as surprised as you are.

 

[bluegriffin8]

I tried it, for, since I could not find the key of the room or the key of the outer door, which was the main object of my search, I must make further examination, or all my efforts would be in vain.

Dracula, by Bram Stoker, 1965 edition.

 

[Simriel]

Valkyrie made herself relax, remembering the drills she'd run with Skulduggery and Tanith, conditioning her body tor relax when every part of her wanted to scream.
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with fire, by Derek Landy

 

[tsb247]

"The study of the flow of gases is important in many other aerospace applications, for example, the design of rocket and jet engines, propellers, vehicles entering planetary atmospheres from space, wind tunnels, and rocket projectile configurations."

Introduction to Flight: Fifth Edition

By: John D. Anderson, Jr.

 

[Julianking93]

"Oh yeah, I just sit around in my thong!"

Maxim Magazine June 2009 Interviewing Moon Bloodgood on Terminator Salvation.

 

[queensbomb]

"For God's sake, let me be!" cried Montag passionately.

Fahrenheit 451

 

[Pimppeter2]

"Yea, I could coach this team" and, in my naive little head, I thought I could

-Sacred hoops

-Phil Jackson

 

[lykopis783]

"I was nervous around men, around all the displaced desire that ran beneath the surface of the Arcade."

The Secret of Lost Things, Sheridan Hay.

Amazing book about a book store. It manages to be very serious and thoughtful while having characters such as a pre-op transexual opera singer working as a cashier, and an albino book clerk.

 

[Kagrath]

Malcolm had watched them feed a baby gorilla, which spit up like a human baby, and a koala, and then the very cute snow-leopard cub.

The Lost World- Michael Crichton

I laughed so hard.

 

[brodie21]

"You sprayed it all over the ceiling the last time you made it."

All i had near me was a Foxtrot comic book

 

[obex]

"Jessica felt the cold sheath of the crysknife beneath here bodice, thought of the long chain of Bene Gesserit scheming that had forged another link here."

Dune by Frank Herbert one of the ultimate sci-fi books

 

[cowbell40]

"Let alone the Talmud; seriously Rashi, every tractate needs a commentary?"

I Am America (And So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert

 

[sallene]

"Jason may not hurt you. He may, in fact be incapable of hurting you because he is one of the gentler ones."


Not Quite Ghosts from The Book Of Final Flesh.

 

[Shapsters]

'It was L.C. insisted, more like a reformatory than a prison.'

The Triumph of Sam Cooke, Dream Boogie.

I haven't started this yet, but I am excited to read it! Sam Cooke is an amazing singer, and one good looking dude too!

 

[HyruleanHyroe]

"You see the sort of thing I have to contend with?" said Marvin to the gobbering mattress.

Life, the Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams

EDIT: Oops, wrong page!

"Er, five," said the mattress.

 

[LilGherkin]

An excerpt from the pocket size Collin's Latin-English English-Latin dictionary.
ciste'll/a -ae f. small box.