So I'm on my way to work and I stop to watch a pigeon…

Besides, thinking kind thoughts about Valek could be extremely dangerous. I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on my side…

— Maria V. Snyder

“The Filipino houseboy was conscious now”

— Charles Willeford

“Nobody knew me at Buckton. Clem had chosen the town because of that; and besides, even if I had wimp out, there was not…

— Boris Vian

“In darkness there is death.”

— Bob Mayer

“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I did it! I stopped time. [Hampton Green]”

— Tim Tharp

“It was shaping up as a beautiful morning. The last thing I wanted to hear about was murder.”

— Jonathan Kellerman

“Come on, dream...' he dreamed.”

— Karl Kristian Flores

“There is a delicate-looking plant native to North America called bleeding heart.”

— Josh Aterovis

“This morning, my mother didn't get out of bed.”

— Melina Marchetta

“This is the story of a man named Eddie and it starts at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It may seem…

— Mitch Albom

“I never really wanted to die. But I followed through anyway. The pain in my heart was excruciating, and death was beautiful.”

— Rae Hachton

“In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together.”

— Carson McCullers

“Who is John Galt?”

— Ayn Rand

“THE BOY WHO LIVED Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you…

— J.K. Rowling