“I don’t know how other men feel about their wives walking out on them, but I helped mine pack.”
~Breaking Up by William H. Manville

“For the better part of my childhood, my professional aspirations were simple. I wanted to be an intergalactic princess.”
~Seven Up by Janet Evanovich

“As a boy, I wanted to be a train."
~Machine Man by Max Barry

"The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the 19th time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath. Colin had always preferred baths."
~An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

"Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu."
~ Waiting by Ha Jin

“This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.”
~The Princess Bride by William Goldman

"We’re going to tell you about three of the children in Mrs. Jewls’s class, on the thirtieth story of Wayside School. But before we get to them, there is something you ought to know. Wayside School was accidentally built sideways. It was supposed to be only one story high, with thirty classrooms all in a row. Instead, it is thirty stories high, with one classroom on each story. The builder said he was very sorry."
~Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar