I turned, hiking my coat up around my chin. Anyone who…

“Your parents warn you about the monsters you might encounter in dark alleyways, but they never warn you about the monsters you might find…

— Bryony Gordon

The interesting thing about my career is for years I was trying to do that thing of getting in shape and looking cool -…

— David Harbour

“You shouldn’t be,” Neal said. He lifted his chin and looked directly in her eyes. For the second time in five minutes. For the…

— Rainbow Rowell

“I won't be able to run with ghosts and slip down dark alleyways in quite the swift and stealthy fashion that I do now;…

— Dean Koontz

Gay men are guardians of the masculine impulse. To have anonymous sex in a dark alleyway is to pay homage to the dream of…

— Camille Paglia

...called nine-one-one," Howie was saying, "and then I heard something in the alleyway, so I went back there and" --Howie coughed-- "and valiantly attacked…

— Barry Lyga

There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there…

— Terry Pratchett

Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that…

— David Suzuki

I was in the black silence of a medieval street, and blindly I followed its sharp turns, comforted by the height of its narrow…

— Anne Rice

Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless…

— Larry Atchley Jr

Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

— Martha Grimes

I think people have the misconception that I hang out in alleyways with balls and chains, but I like to play classical music and…

— Kat Von D

She reached up and lay her hand on my cheek. "You have the sweetest face," she said, looking at me dreamily. "It's like the…

— Patrick Rothfuss

It's nice to have one worry marched to the wings and forcefully thrown into the alleyway.

— Rob Payne

Jared glared. Some people, Kami knew, had bedroom eyes. She was saddened to have to admit that Jared had filthy alleyway eyes.

— Sarah Rees Brennan