Это точно учебники, а не манускрипты, предсказывающие будущее или напоминающие о каком-то моменте жизни или просто разговоре? Вроде я на лингвистический поступал, а не на философский.

"Не груби. Тебе это не идёт".
"All I need is a cigarette and a bath".

"- Why are you so bad-tempered?
- I'm not bad-tempered.
- Well, don't shout.
- I'm not shouting".

"Ласка предплечья".
"You always thought I was going to die, didn't you?"
"The more educated a person is, the more he is prone to headaches".
"He can't be writing a novel".
"No one could have made a bigger impression on me than you did".
"I stayed with him all night. He seemed to be comfortable while I was there and in a few hours had fallen into a deep sleep".
"I found myself wondering whether I was still in love".