If only talking to oneself did not look mad, no day would…

“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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

Kissing Sinclair was like making out with a sexy timber wolf— he was licking my fangs and nipping me lightly and growling under his…

— MaryJanice Davidson

“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

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

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

— Chadwick Boseman

“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

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

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

— Jean Cocteau

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

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