--- title: "1 Fear Sends Quotes By Rupert Thomson" description: "1 Fear Sends quotes by Rupert Thomson. Plus more from Rupert Thomson and more Fear Sends sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/rupert-thomson-21283_death_she-was-someone-who-heard-each-grain-in_1549621.jpg" --- > [ “She was someone who heard each grain in the hour-glass, she felt the passing seconds like sandpaper against her softest skin. Time actually seemed to hurt her, and people helped her get through it. \[..\] Sometimes it seemed to Nathan… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/she-was-someone-who-heard-each-grain-in-the-hour-glass-she-felt-the/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/rupert-thomson-21283_death_she-was-someone-who-heard-each-grain-in_1549621.jpg) ## More by Rupert Thomson > [“While still practising law, he'd run a hearse-rental agency. Then, later, he'd bought into a handkerchief factory in Baker Park. Their most famous innovation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/while-still-practising-law-he-d-run-a-hearse-rental-agency-then-later/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“Vasco bought a bottle of vodka to celebrate and they drank it in the old sailors' graveyard in Mangrove South. This was where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/vasco-bought-a-bottle-of-vodka-to-celebrate-and-they-drank-it-in-the/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“At first he didn't know where he was, whose voice it was. He must have been asleep. And waking suddenly, like that, you woke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/at-first-he-didn-t-know-where-he-was-whose-voice-it-was-he-must-have/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“It was as if Jed had moved from one dimension to another. His original dimension hadn't reported him missing, and his new dimension didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/it-was-as-if-jed-had-moved-from-one-dimension-to-another-his-original/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/he-woke-early-the-next-morning-it-was-still-cool-but-he-opened-the/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“The sun snagged on his crooked skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/the-sun-snagged-on-his-crooked-skin/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“He was dropped under a streetlamp, the only person left on the bus. A patch of mauled light. Gritty pavement, scarred with a million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/he-was-dropped-under-a-streetlamp-the-only-person-left-on-the-bus-a/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“You must tell me about it when you do,' she said. 'When you make love for the first time, I mean. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/you-must-tell-me-about-it-when-you-do-she-said-when-you-make-love-for/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“That's what birthdays were. Days when you found out where you stood. Who was on your side and who wasn't. Nothing to do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/that-s-what-birthdays-were-days-when-you-found-out-where-you-stood/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“Did I tell you about Anton?" Loots said. Anton?" I shook my head. It was a week ago, Loots said. There had been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/did-i-tell-you-about-anton-loots-said-anton-i-shook-my-head-it-was-a/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“Sometimes it seemed as if he'd always been very old. People said that time lasted for ever when you were young. That was lies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/sometimes-it-seemed-as-if-he-d-always-been-very-old-people-said-that/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“He looked both proud and guilty of something. As if happiness was a reward and he wasn't sure he'd done enough to deserve it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/he-looked-both-proud-and-guilty-of-something-as-if-happiness-was-a/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“Jed was used to isolation. His face was like some kind of cul-de-sac. It said NO THROUGH ROAD to most people. Confronted with him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/jed-was-used-to-isolation-his-face-was-like-some-kind-of-cul-de-sac/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“She was someone who heard each grain in the hour-glass, she felt the passing seconds like sandpaper against her softest skin. Time actually seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/she-was-someone-who-heard-each-grain-in-the-hour-glass-she-felt-the/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) > [“There's love and everybody talks about it, but not all of us come close to it - or, if we do, it's not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/there-s-love-and-everybody-talks-about-it-but-not-all-of-us-come/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear-sends/rupert-thomson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fear Sends Quotes By Rupert Thomson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She was someone who heard each grain in the hour-glass, she felt the passing seconds like sandpaper against her softest skin. 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