The fall of the house of Usher

I looked upon the scene before me - upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain - upon the bleak walls - upon the vacant eye-like windows ...
The fall of the house of Usher - E.A. Poe

The Metamorphoses

..., but Auster he released, its dark wings over earth, ...
The metamorphoses - Ovid

The cat that walked by himself

I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.
The cat that walked by himself - R. Kipling

Of mice and men

Funny how you an' him string along together.
Of Mice and Men - J. Steinbeck

Faust

screw up one eye, an easy trick to do / and let one canine tooth hang out to view / in profile you achieve completely thus / a sisterly good counterpart of us
Faust - J.W. von Goethe

Siddharta

... everything was one, everything was intertwined and connected, entangled a thousand times. And everything together, all voices, all goals, all yearning, all suffering, all pleasure, all that was good and evil, all of this together was the world.
Siddharta - H. Hesse

The Waste Land

and the dead tree gives no shelter
The waste land - T.S. Eliot

Dracula

... where there was a puddle of water remaining from the storm ...
Dracula - B. Stoker

The soft machine

...casual as a ceiling fan short-timing the dawn
The soft machine - W. Burroughs

Heart of darkness

I had to keep a lookout for the signs of dead wood ...
Heart of Darkness - J. Conrad

The two gentlemen of Verona

If 'twere a substance, you would sure deceive it and make it but a shadow, as I am
The two gentlemen of Verona - W. Shakepeare

Ulysses

Can a swim duck?
Ulysses - J. Joyce

Alice's adventures in wonderland

... and she's such a capital one for catching mice - oh, I beg your pardon!, cried Alice again ...
Alice's adventures in wonderland - L. Carroll

The count of Monte Cristo

Once more he could see soldiers lined up along the steep embankment.
The count of Monte Cristo - A. Dumas

Great expectations

Do you mean to keep that name ?
Why, yes, dear boy, it's as good as another — unless you'd like another. ...
Great expectations - C. Dickens

Crime and punishment

They were approaching each other. There was only one flight of stairs between them. And suddenly - rescue!
Crime and punishment - F.M. Dostoevsky