Kissing Sinclair was like making out with a sexy timber…

“As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while;…

— Tahir Shah

But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them…

— Vikram Seth

My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals they're screaming-growling stuff and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet…

— Bruce Dickinson

You can't expect to be a lucky dog if you spend all your time growling

— Jean Cocteau

The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is…

— Ellen Ullman

“Oh, come on.” Jatred scooted back on his butt, trying to put some distance between himself and the animals. He frowned at them and…

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

— Chadwick Boseman

It's hard to look pleasant when anguish is present, and yet it is strictly worth while; Not all of your scowling and fussing and…

— Walter Mason Camp

“I woke in the morning to the sound of Adam's stomach growling under my ear. "Sorry," he said. "Too many changes and not enough…

— Patricia Briggs

“stood still and stared at them. 'Why do you stand gaping there?' cried the dwarf, and his ashen-grey face became copper-red with rage. He…

— Jacob Grimm

There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and listened to…

— Harper Lee

“We don't all have Duracell Bunnies, you know?" he said, practically growling in her ear and making her core muscles clench, disappointed to have…

— Allie A Burrow

“I almost rushed Roth right then and threw my arms around him, but a low growl rumbled from behind me. At first I thought…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

I read one book where the characters never said anything; instead, they spent all their time grunting and bleating and hissing and cooing and…

— Tana French

The earth has a mouth?” Buckley asked. A big round mouth but with no lips,” my father said. Jack,” my mother said, laughing, “stop…

— Alice Sebold