- Time is a blind guide. Fugitive Pieces/Anne Michaels
- The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse. War in Heaven/Charles Williams
- Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Anna Karenina/Leo Tolstoy
- Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. David Copperfield/Charles Dickens
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way... A Tale of Two Cities/Charles Dickens
- I'm pretty much fucked. The Martian/Andy Weir
- When I visit the back corners of my life again after so long a time, the littlest things jump out first. The Whistling Season/Ivan Doig
- The sun came out after the war and our world went technicolor. As The Crow Flies/Ann Marie MacDonald
- I was badly shaped by my good fortune and so failed to see the darkness and the things the darkness hides. Master of the Delta/Thomas Cook
- My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call. Prince of Tides/Pat Conroy
- Ever since I lost mine in a road accident when I was eight, I have had my eye on other people's parents. Black Dogs/Ian McEwan
- Everybody lies. The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
- We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves., Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche
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