"Do you think mice who live in Legoland think they're giants?" Freddie said, apropos of nothing.
—T. S. Easton, Boys Don't Knit (In Public)

"(Apropos of nothing, I suppose, I feel that I should report that in some buildings, the walls are a full four feet thick.)"
—Charles House, One with the Fox

"She looked cheerfully from tying her laces and, apropos of nothing, said, 'Raise your hand if you don't want to die.'"
—Rachel Neumann, Not Quite Nirvana

This "apropos of nothing" moment occurs in the British comedy series Dead Boss.

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"[A]propos of nothing, I suggest that we go skating in the moonlight, all together."
—Jane Smiley, Ordinary Love and Good Will

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"And apropos of nothing at all he adds, 'We are nice people.  Not everyone understands that.'"
—John McPhee, La Place de la Concorde Suisse

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"[O]ne woman, apropos of nothing, mentioning Flaubert only to dismiss him as a writer of no importance."
—V. S. Naipaul, India: A Wounded Civilization (2011)

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"'I just came out with a dirty joke DVD.  I'll have to send you a copy.'  The stupid part about me saying this was that it was apropos of nothing."
—Gilbert Gottfried, Rubber Balls and Liquor (2011)

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"'Frivolous,' I said, apropos of nothing."
—Mary Daheim, Alpine Escape (2011)

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"I announced to everyone apropos of nothing: I especially loved the phrase 'deep and crisp and even.'" —Terry Castle, The Professor: And Other Writings (2011)

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"I declared, apropos of nothing and with all the wisdom of my five or six years, 'The clouds are angels.'"
—Jo McDougall, Daddy's Money (2011)

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"'Or she,' I added, apropos of nothing. ¶ Orshee looked up, confused.  This was his line. Had he missed an opportunity to say it?"
—Richard Russo, Straight Man: A Novel (2011)

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"'When a sloth dies, it remains hanging in its tree,' the sloth said, apropos of nothing."
—Lev Grossman, The Magician King (2011)