Julienne Dool

“The coyotes sounded like hurt dogs. They agitated plainly for Christ's return. May they not be heard.”
― Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke

“He left Molie’s at ten past midnight, twelve hundred New Dollars lighter. The pawnbroker had also sold him a limited but fairly effective disguise: gray hair, spectacles, mouth wadding, plastic buck-teeth which subtly transfigured his lip line. “Give yourself a little limp, too,” Molie advised. “Not a big attention-getter. Just a little one. Remember, you have the power to cloud men’s minds, if you use it. Don’t remember that line, do ya?” Richards didn’t.”
― Richard Bachman, The Running Man

“– C’est ce receveur, expliqua le conducteur.
– Ah ! dit Amadis.
– Il aime pas les voyageurs. Alors, il s’arrange pour
qu’on parte sans voyageur et il ne sonne jamais. Je le sais
bien.
– C’est vrai, dit Amadis.
– Il est fou, vous comprenez, dit le machiniste.
– C’est ça… murmura Amadis. Je le trouvais bizarre.
– Ils sont tous fous à la Compagnie.
– Ça ne m’étonne pas !
– Moi, dit le conducteur, je les possède. Au pays des
aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. Vous avez un couteau ?
– J’ai un canif.
– Prêtez.”
― Boris Vian, Autumn in Peking

“She's lovely and she's with Skinner, and they're probably in love and there's no justice in this world”
― Irvine Welsh, The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs