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“There was a crash. Ceiling panels rained down, lights exploding. They had run from the building, had run through the courtyard, and there were…

— Hugh Howey

“And the roaches. The roaches were so bold in his flat that turning on the lights did not startle them. They waved their three-inch…

— Junot Díaz

“But here at Laurelfield, there was something more in the mornings, a buzzing sensation about the whole house, as if it weren't the servants…

— Rebecca Makkai

“The sound of someone passing by the library entrance made the two of them scatter away, like cockroaches from the light.”

— A.Z. Green

“The scent of growth, quiet and green, hung heavy in the air. I heard everything. I saw everything. I could count the craters on…

— Molly Harper

“they met a policeman and brought him back. The man rang the bell several times, but there was no answer. Except for a light…

— Oscar Wilde

“...he switched on the [flashlight]. When he did so, he instantly became the center attraction to a rowdy mob of those gnats, moths, and…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“The night before I left home, there was the wake in our kitchen as was the custom for anyone going so far away. The…

— Edna O'Brien

“Summer mornings, the light of the world pouring in and the silence. It was a barefoot life, the cool of the night on the…

— James Salter

“The flies buzzed in answer above the dirty water standing in the washbasin, in which floated a solitary black hair. It, too, was like…

— Stella Gibbons

“Then came night that was like falling water. At times, for hours, a bird spirit, half buzzard, half swan, just above the rushes from…

— Peter Huchel

“As he made his way back to his home on the Dijver, along the canals, beside the calm waters, Borluut felt his regret, his…

— Georges Rodenbach