Quote by Cormac McCarthy

“He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be…

— Charles Dickens

“Now he seemed to be stranded for the rest of his life on a world unknown, more exotic than anywhere Haggard ever Rode or…

— Dave Duncan

“As he took possession of it, he was overcome by a sense of something like sacred awe. He carefully spread his horse blanket on…

— Patrick Süskind

“All that day he travelled, laying his course by the rounding sun. The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it,…

— Ambrose Bierce

“He delivered the mail, ran our modest recycling program, and maintained our handful of public buildings. He also occasionally fell asleep while driving a…

— Molly Harper

“He walked as he'd learned to walk, with only a minimal limp, back straight, head held high in confidence rather than cockiness. He walked…

— Robin Lee Hatcher

“He trails off, looking up at the sky. He’s got one of those ruddy complexions that reddens easily, I’ve noticed. I imagine him herding…

— Lauren Graham

“The place had filled him with a sense of wisdom hovering just out of reach, of unspeakable grace prepared and waiting just around the…

— Richard Yates

“He felt as if he stood at the very top of a high cliff. Take a step back and all was safe and familiar.…

— Sherry Thomas

“He turned in a small circle and looked at the grass, the rocks, the river, the raining sky with its tatters and torn places,…

— Richard Bausch

“...without moving a muscle in his face, slips away; retreats, I think, to that sheltered place where his stories are kept. Perhaps we all…

— Pete Dexter

“He took off his hat and shook it (having hurried home as though his own coronation were waiting), and moved now with the slow…

— William Gaddis