1. "This stone is entirely blank. The only thought in cutting it was of the essentials of the grave, and there was no other care than to make this stone long enough and narrow enough to cover a man. No name can be read there." The Mayor of Casterbridge Crime and Punishment Les Miserables Chronicle of a Death Foretold

2. "The broken flower drooped over Ben's fist and his eyes were empty and blue and serene again as cornice and facade flowed smoothly once more from left to right, post and tree, window and doorway and signboard each in its ordered place." The Brothers Karamazov Daisy Miller The Sound and the Fury Hedda Gabler

3. "He now has more patients than the devil himself could handle; the authorities treat him with deference and public opinion supports him. He has just been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor." Dangerous Liaisons Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde The Great Gatsby Madame Bovary

4. "And here she is, herself, Clarissa, not Mrs. Dalloway anymore; there is no one now to call her that. Here she is with another hour before her. 'Come in, Mrs. Brown,' she says. 'Everything's ready.'" The Hours The Awakening Mrs. Dalloway The Handmaid's Tale

5. "Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and, after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east...." Lord of the Flies Brave New World Alas, Babylon Utopia

6. "It's funny. Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." The Catcher in the Rye The Sun Also Rises As I Lay Dying Things Fall Apart

7. "'Rest assured, our father, rest assured. The land is not to be sold.' But over the old man's head they looked at each other and smiled." The Grapes of Wrath The Good Earth Absalom, Absalom The Cherry Orchard

8. "How wonderful the flavor, the aroma of her kitchen, her stories as she prepared the meal, her Christmas Rolls! I don't know why mine never turn out like hers, or why my tears flow so freely when I prepare them--perhaps I am as sensitive to onions as Tita, my great-aunt, who will go on living as long as there is someone who cooks her recipes." The Plumed Serpent How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Love in the Time of Cholera Like Water for Chocolate

9. "I wrote at the start that this was a record of hate, and walking there beside Henry towards the evening glass of beer, I found the one prayer that seemed to serve the winter mood: O God, You've done enough, You've robbed me of enough, I'm too tired and old to learn to love, leave me alone for ever." The End of the Affair My Antonia Lady Chatterley's Lover A Room With a View

10. "But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt." Jazz Black Like Me The Color Purple I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

11. "Oh, my girls, however long you live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this." Anne of Green Gables Watership Down Beloved Little Women

12. "Of course, it's only superstition, just for fun. But see how fast the smoke rises--oh, even faster when we laugh, lifting our hopes, higher and higher." The Return of the Native A Passage to India The Kitchen God's Wife The Alchemist

13. "Up out of the lampshade, startled by the overhead light, flew a large nocturnal butterfly that began circling the room. The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below." The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Remains of the Day Tender is the Night Lolita

14. "He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning." A Day No Pigs Would Die The Age of Innocence To Kill a Mockingbird Cat's Cradle

15. "After all, tomorrow is another day." Gone With the Wind The Hobbit Dubliners The Picture of Dorian Gray