“We don't marry women, he thought; we marry angels, and in this moment or two of the marriage act, the scales fall… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“There was no time to weigh chances. There was no such thing as chances anyway, in the distorted perspective of the weed… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I turned away from him and went on my way, up the street and about my business. The past was dead. The… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Fear! Fear again, for the first time since his 'teens. Fear, that he thought he would never know any more. Fear that… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It's hard to say goodbye for good at any time or any place. It's harder still to say it through a meshed… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The shears found his throat this time. He fell down on top of them and was silent. Something dark like mucilage glistened… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“There's a catch phrase that you all must have heard at one time or another. You walk into a room or go… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Evans turned away, did something with his left eyelid for the benefit of the other two. "It's got him," he smirked. "He's… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Who else had ever met the business-end of a bolt of lightning in mid-flight, as he had just now, flying blind through… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Play it, Eddie, don't be foolish;' she urges. 'Now's the time, break the spell once and for all, prove to yourself that… — 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
“I must have roamed dementedly about for a time in the streets. When I at last got back to my own place,… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“She had signed her own death-warrant. He kept telling himself over and over that he was not to blame, she had brought… — 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
