Gothic-romance Quote by Amanda DeWees

“I sprinted down the alley, not fast enough to avoid the cold water rolling down my back, with a childlike shriek. I caught his…

— Veronica Roth

“Her cousins laughed, daring the next wave to wash over before they passed. While they ran, a huge swell rolled along the side of…

— Marie Zhuikov

“They caught hands again, and walked toward the water's edge, two small figures against the black waves. Only halfway there, one of them must…

— Rachel Joyce

“They felt the wings on their fingers and elbows flying, then, suddenly plunged in new sweeps of air, the clear autumn river flung them…

— Ray Bradbury

“They hurried when they could, and dozed when they had to, hiding in tangles of bloodtwig and heartsease at the edge of the road.”

— Erin Bow

“Eveytime, things were thrown at me, I picked it up and ran with it.”

— Dr.Vangala

“And then she fell, from standing, foot-fins together, straight into the wavelets, where she was now seal, and she flung herself down toward the…

— Margo Lanagan

“Finally I saw something. Out in the distance, there was a bright and shiny rippling pillar in the water. It continued to move back…

— Meaghan Rauscher

“I jumped up and ran after the words that trailed like the dangling string from an air ball, up and up, from branch to…

— Virginia Woolf

“WE stowed the wheels, uncapped the sledge-runners, put on our sis, and took off -- down, north, onward, into that silent vastness of fire…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages and competing with each other in casting curses. A…

— Ha Jin

“And as I stood there looking in terror, the wind blew out both the candles in that ancient peaked garret, leaving me in savage…

— H. P. Lovecraft