“He had thought about it. Mostly, after the fantasies, he had let it go. It was done, history. No point in bumping into the furniture while looking back over your shoulder.”

— Steve Perry

Source: The Tejano Conflict (2014), Chapter 4

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American writer 1947

Thomas Pynchon book The Crying of Lot 49

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“He pointed a shaking finger at her. 'You,' he growled.

She jerked glances over both of her shoulders looking for the unfortunate You he was addressing. Her. Holy shite, this madman had settled on her.”

Kresley Cole book A Hunger Like No Other

Source: A Hunger Like No Other

“Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

"Trout Fishing in Europe" The Toronto Star Weekly (17 November 1923)

“Your daddy had to go back to school a little. He had some strange thoughts — and he wanted other grown-ups to believe them. It's not right for others to believe wrong thoughts, is it?”

James Clavell book The Children's Story

"Teacher" to Johnny
The Children's Story (1982)

“He looked like a man who'd invite you to rest your head on his shoulder while he made everything bad go away.”

Jennifer Ashley (1974) American author

Source: Pride Mates

“Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.”

Spencer Tracy (1900–1967) American actor

Quoted in Ashton Applewhite; Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham (2003). And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker. Macmillan, p. 283. ISBN 0312307446.