Quote by Anne Carson

“He pulled the door closed and the wind became just the slightest rush of air against the rolled-up windows. There was suddenly a pleasant…

— Alice McDermott

“And then the night wind, cool through arches of the years, came hounding after me.”

— Roger Zelazny

“Something happened when the house was dark. They were able to talk to each other again.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“I was surrounded by words and stories and dust-speckled light. That's a pretty perfect way to be.”

— Natalie Lloyd

“There came the sound of dragging footsteps. Near they came, nearer. Then a voice rattled the window. "It is dark," said the voice. "I…

— Anonymous

“She wondered what she would do or say if someone walked through the archway, but it was night, and the nights here were very…

— James S.A. Corey

“The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms.”

— Jim Thompson

“Then starting home, he walked toward the trees, and under them, leaving behind him the big sky, the whisper of wind voices in the…

— Truman Capote

“was up and wandering around in their unlit home at this hour and just happened to be looking out the window as he hurried…

— Brian Harmon

“Autumn, when it came, slipped in through a side door and suddenly was just there, like a guest who’d arrived early for a party.”

— Brad Smith

“The oth­ers went up­stairs, a slow unwilling pro­ces­sion. If this had been an old house, with creak­ing wood, and dark shad­ows, and heav­ily pan­elled…

— Agatha Christie

“A part of me will always wonder why the night chose me as its witness. Why the silence spoke louder than any answer. Why…

— Dark Night Beacon