Charlie had Sophie strapped to his chest like a terrorist baby bomb when he came down the back steps. She had just gotten to the point where she could hold up her head, so he had strapped her in face-out so she could look around. The way her arms and legs waved around as Charlie walked, she looked as if she was skydiving and using a skinny nerd as a parachute.

pg. 69 Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

The ships hung in the ski in much the same way bricks don’t.

pg. 34 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Why is it that one can busta rhyme or busta move anywhere but you must busta cap in someone’s ass? Is “ho” always feminine, and “muthafucka” always masculine, while “bitch” can be either? How many peeps in a posse, how much booty before baby got back, do you have to be all that to get all up in that, and do I need to be dope and phat to be da bomb or can I just be “stupid”? I’ll not be singing over any dead mothers until I understand.

pg. 110 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

“I mean we’re all just playing the odds now, despite how my father has stacked them in our favor and the truth is — when it gets right down to it we might not know the rules of the game.”

pg. 146 100 Bullets vol. 4: A Foregone Tomorrow by Brian Azzarello

“My victim, all unsuspecting, continued on his way; but before he had time to reach the steps at the far end, I had caught up with him noiselessly and had sunk my weapon deep into his neck.”

pg. 22; The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox

“Baldin was told off to watch the guard and butler and give warning if they stirred. The rest went to the adjoining cellar with the trapdoors.”

pg. 163; The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

“Did Tosha’s husband survive?”

“No. On the train to Auschwitz he tried to escape and they shot him.”

pg 110, Maus by Art Spiegelman