Quote by Charles Dickens

“He coughed out the words, which took shape of his cigarette stained teeth turned into birds bereft of wing. He stammered the bloodied words…

— Biyi Bandele-Thomas

“I remembered him ranting once about how if someone coughed, they were given time off from work, but if someone was mentally fatigued, they…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“For days I kept imagining the fate of the world's misplaced letters. I started noticing them everywhere. All the right letters sitting on desks…

— Avi Steinberg

“Occasionally, someone coughed with a dry rasp that sounded like a mummy tapped on the head with a pair of tongs.”

— Haruki Murakami

“The first intimation I had that things were about to hot up was a pained and disapproving cough from the neighbourhood of the carpet.”

— P G Wodehouse

“They had holes to fill on every page and jammed in any vaguely newsworthy string of words provided it didn't include expletives, which they…

— Tom Rachman

“It is not enough to say that you have had a hunch. Once written down, most such inklings reveal themselves for what they are:…

— Jedediah Berry

“The sound of shuffling pages filled the room like a delicate rainstorm falling on dried leaves.”

— Brenda Pandos

“The doctor from the mainland came and went. Silence settled over the island again, like a displaced curtain falling back in thickened, heavier folds.…

— Evangeline Walton

“Behind the counter, I slouched on my stool in the sun and sucked up the summer as If I could hold every drop of…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“...a complicit mustiness hung in the air, the odour of silence and calm.”

— Umberto Eco

“Just as you say, sir. There is a letter on the tray, sir." "By Jove, Jeeves, that was practically potry. Rhymed, did you notice?”

— P.G. Wodehouse