“She is in full delirium. But delirium is the antithesis of death; it is the body's struggle to survive. ("Jane Brown's Body")” — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“How simple death without weapons was. How safe for the killer. ("Mind Over Murder")” — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“...all a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")” — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“You see, this would be a death by the imagination. And though the imagination feeds on phantoms, it needs a premise in… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“What careful planning, what painstaking attention to detail, goes into extinguishing a man's life! Far more than the hit-or-miss, haphazard circumstances of… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It isn't dying I'm afraid of, it isn't that at all; I know what it is to die, I've died already. It… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I was trying to cheat death. I was only trying to surmount for a little while the darkness that all my life… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
You see, this would be a death by the imagination. And though the imagination feeds on phantoms, it needs a premise in… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“There was a pause, while I fought against this other, lesser kind of death that was creeping over me - this death… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The massive bronze gates were wide open now, too late. Inside, the cemetery had been turned into a grotesque place gleaming with… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“And I still say it was just a coincidence;' he muttered pugnaciously. 'You say it too! Look at me and say it!… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
The girl's face was the color of talcum. Her uncle's was a death mask, a bone structure overlaid by parchment. Shane's was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“After that there was silence for a while, only the sound of the shovel biting into the earth and the hissing splatter… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“One of them hasn't got a uniform on or plainclothes either like the rest. He has on the white coat that is… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Then without any warning the car stopped. They were there. "The ride's over," someone said. "End of the ride." For a moment… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Well, this is the hardest part to believe; look, you can suspend me if you want to, but it's the God's honest… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“She turned and walked down the musty, dimly-lighted corridor, along a strip of carpeting that still clung together only out of sheer… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“It must be dawn, and the last breath went out of this body on the table - how long before? Irretrievably gone… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Gosh, it's easy!' he marveled, open-mouthed. 'I never knew before how easy it is to kill anyone! Twenty years to grow 'em,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Gates got up, but not fast or jerkily, with the same slowness that had always characterized him. He wiped the sweat off… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“She gave a little sob deep in her throat. 'Call it a prophecy, call it a prediction, call it fate - call… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“He handed me something done up in paper. 'Your mask,' he said. 'Don't put it on until we get past the city-limits.'… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Lew had never seen a dead man before. He just stood there, and looked and looked. Then he went a step closer,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“When I came out into the outside room again, I saw her shoe still lying there, where it had come off in… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The cemetery watchman left the room and returned with a tray holding three small skulls and a large one. I could feel… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“He should have caught up with me inside of fifteen minutes at the outside, if he'd been able to get on the next train… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“Home? What is home? Home is where a house is that you come back to when the rainy season is about to begin, to… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“Gates got up, but not fast or jerkily, with the same slowness that had always characterized him. He wiped the sweat off his palms… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“As the bartender struck a match to light her cigarette, she put her hand on his wrist to steady it. Travis saw him jump,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“That was enough dialogue for a few pages - he had to get into some fast, red-hot action. There weren't any more hitches now.… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“She was beautiful, only hers was the dark beauty of night, just as Sherry's was the bright beauty of daytime. Her hair was raven-black,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“And I still say it was just a coincidence;' he muttered pugnaciously. 'You say it too! Look at me and say it! It was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“And then finally she came - and the whole world faded out around us and we were just alone on the crowded sidewalk. I've… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes pointed at… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“But that's the Way, and there is no other. And once his mind's made up, the trembling and aimless walking stops, and he can… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“He just lingers long enough to see his plane put to bed properly, then grabs a cab at the airport-gate. "The Settlement" and forgetting… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“There was a pause, while I fought against this other, lesser kind of death that was creeping over me - this death called strangeness,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“Every life is a mystery. And every story of every life is a mystery. But it is not what happens that is the mystery.… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
“Evans made himself their spokesman. "Charlie and Joe," he offered. "Remember us? We brought a friend back with us this time." Girls evidently didn't… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share
