That Hideous Strength

"I don't mean burning, you know, but light — all sorts of lights in the most
curious colours shooting out ..."
That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis

The suicide club

"What it was, he knew not, but there was something there."
The suicide club - R.L. Stevenson

The People of the Mist

"Here, drink this - it will give you courage."
The People of the Mist - H.R. Haggard

Anna Karenina

"That she had gone without letting him know where she was going, that she had not come back yet, that she had gone out somewhere that morning without saying anything to him"
Anna Karenina - L. Tolstoi

The Cask of Amontillado

"Ha! ha! ha!-he! he! - a very good joke indeed - an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo - he! he! he! - over our wine - he! he! he!"
The Cask of Amontillado - E.A. Poe

The Poet

No, I was not disillusioned. And yet, toward the end of my visit I was conscious of a slight chill. Outside, it was raining softly. The light was gray.
The poet - M. Sandoz

The sea, the sea

But seriously, look at it this way.
The sea, the sea - I. Murdoch