Silence Quote by Diane Setterfield

“Although we kept the door ajar so that we could hear, we could not see beyond the gentlemen standing in front of the door…

— Tracy Chevalier

“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

“There was a cry heard, and a crash. The cry was so horrible in its agony that the frightened servants woke and crept out…

— Oscar Wilde

“He stood up. His heart was leaping against his ribs like a frantic bird. Perhaps it knew it had little time left, perhaps it…

— J.K. Rowling

“He turned and walked across the floor and out. I watched the door close. I listened to his steps going away down the imitation…

— Raymond Chandler

“They called out. Everything was still. Finally, after vainly trying to force the door, they”

— Oscar Wilde

“The floor scooped me up where I stood, and I blinked as it hit me”

— M. Beth Bloom

“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

“the door and began barking hysterically. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end.    Adrenaline coursed through”

— Billi Tiner

“A figure moved, painfully flexing stiff, aching shoulder blades, and looked back towards the control tower. There was a different atmosphere about the place…

— Joy Ellis

“I stood there ringing the bell and banging on the door, feeling I could make someone be there, knowing all the time that I…

— Dodie Smith

“His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal…

— Derek Donais