“Gates got up, but not fast or jerkily, with the same slowness that had always characterized him. He wiped the sweat off… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“As the bartender struck a match to light her cigarette, she put her hand on his wrist to steady it. Travis saw… — 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
“After she's gone, another brief lull sets in. This one is probably the last. But what good is a lull? It's only… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“You see, this would be a death by the imagination. And though the imagination feeds on phantoms, it needs a premise in… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“It's just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It seems so long ago that he was last afraid of anything. Seventeen, was he then? Eighteen? Sometimes he thinks he's missing… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It isn't dying I'm afraid of, it isn't that at all; I know what it is to die, I've died already. It… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“It seems so long ago that he was last afraid of anything. Seventeen, was he then? Eighteen? Sometimes he thinks he's missing… — 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
“I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist;… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
The girl's face was the color of talcum. Her uncle's was a death mask, a bone structure overlaid by parchment. Shane's was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
You see, this would be a death by the imagination. And though the imagination feeds on phantoms, it needs a premise in… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The thing, whatever it was - and no one was ever sure afterwards whether it was a dream or a fit or… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The car drives through, stops while the man closes and fastens the prickly gate behind it. The bell shuts off; the stillness… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid. — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“I turn my head a little. The radio's caroling "Tonight," velvety smooth and young and filled with plaintive desire. Maria's song from… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“All guys are scared of each other, didn't you know that? I'm not the only one. We're all born afraid. ("New York… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
It's just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
