-No, the man said, looking past him with his empty gaze…

“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“A wise man once said nothing.”

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— Ais

We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that.…

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I remember filling my car up in London when an 85-year-old man said to me, 'You've done our age group proud.' That made me…

— Tony Blackburn

“Charming man," he said. "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her to marry one...”

— Douglas Adams

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“Would you be so kind as to remove your redundant carcass from the door of this room, my man,’ he said, in his high,…

— Mervyn Peake

Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“What sticks with me now is that this man said he needed to get to a hospital. He probably needed to reach his destination…

— Susan Nielsen

“I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend…

— Andrew Lane

“Yes, the man said, I've often wondered why I impress people as being altogether sad, and yet I insist I am not sad, and…

— Alfred Hayes

“I came here on a matter of some urgency," the man said. "To take your father to safety." "I'm pretty sure the grave is…

— Devon Monk

Marethyu stretched out his right hand and Aten took it in his. "Let me tell you this," the hook-handed man said. "We will meet…

— Michael Scott

When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an…

— Anthony Holden