Write a line or passage from any book that immediately comes to mind.....okay?

Yeah, looking through the records of my questions I see i’ve asked two similar to this. One asking for a song lyric & the other for a movie quote. Thought i’d complete the trilogy here, for no good reason other than to amuse myself I suppose. So yeah, play fair & be honest now, a line or two taken from a book that springs to mind upon reading the question….thanks.