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“Damn me, it's worth a fellow's while to be born into the world, if only to fall right asleep. And now that I think of it, that's about the first thing babies do, and that's a sort of queer, too.Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of 'em. But that's against my principles. Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth - So here goes again.”
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick

“Oh, very well,” he said,”let her come in, by all means, but just wait a minute till I tidy up the place.”
His method of tidying was peculiar, he simply swallowed all the flies and spiders in the boxes before I could stop him. It was quite evident that he feared, or was jealous of, some interference. When he had got through his disgusting task, he said cheerfully, “Let the lady come in,”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“He didn’t answer the door. Nobody knew he was here, and he wasn’t expecting
any visitors. It must be a salesman, or someone selling newspaper subscriptions.
Whoever it was might need him, but he certainly didn’t need them.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“She knew only one thing for
sure: she wanted those thick arms of his to be holding her right now. What happened
after that would happen: let God or the devil decide.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 #1-2