Spoke Quote by D.A. Rice

“it wasn't so much like the hands of time had stood still here, more like they'd been thrown in the air in exasperation, the…

— Christopher Moore

“the Missus stood like a ghost.”

— Diane Setterfield

“His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made…

— Mervyn Peake

I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday…

— Johanna Lindsey

“I just stood there, like a grain of sand amongst a million others on a beach.”

— Jeff Erno

“You better be glad I like you.” – Ren “I am indeed, for I have seen how you throw a knife and it is…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“We made it through the traps. Though dangerous, I'd go back through them all just to have her wrap her arms around me like…

— Colleen Houck

“I stood there, like always, like forever it seemed, in the middle of the road waiting for something or someone to retrieve me, God…

— Miriam Toews

“For an age we stood there like that, me holding him by the collar of his jacket and kissing him for all I was…

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

“She stood like a knight in a painting, her head bowed and her sword at her side, blood spattering her gear, her hair half-torn…

— Cassandra Clare

“the world melted away all around him, when he stood alone like a star in the sky”

— Hermann Hesse

“Charlie stood there like a stone monolith, blinking at his friend. Former friend? Christ. Eventually, he managed to utter, “So it’s like that, then?”…

— Kristen Casey