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“The woman crawled on the earth, took hold of his boot and pleaded for mercy. But the soldier took the boy and hit him…

— Martin Gilbert

“The men in the room were shouting, some fleeing for the safety of pillars and the exit while others rushed at her, weapons drawn.…

— Sarah J. Maas

“some of it his wife’s. Her lithe body lay haphazardly on the floor by her husband’s feet. Her throat was open, the wound deep…

— Rob Sinclair

“Having wounded each other thus, deeply, almost mortally, the two sat quietly side by side on someone’s sunny grave, haemorrhaging.”

— Arundhati Roy

“She had two broken ribs, a broken left arm, and a broken nose; splinters from the glasses and beer bottles had gashed her back…

— Ferdinand von Schirach

After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy…

— Markus Zusak

“Somewhere in the crowd a woman sobbed and collapsed in a faint. She was immediately carried out by two Boy Scouts who happened to…

— Thomas Wolfe

“He knew how it ended, because he had seen it before. It was always the same: the man with the gun didn’t even flinch…

— Jeremy Duns

“We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two…

— George MacDonald Fraser

“A half-drowned stranger was more exciting than a bruised and exhausted daughter. She could be dying for all they'd care, she thought angrily, picking…

— Vivien Alcock

“There had seemed no other way to view her, not until that moment when he'd fallen from the window. Rude shock: running down the…

— Meredith Duran

“This girl was a poison that could ruin him. She was innocent, inexperienced, yet burned with fire, curiosity, and challenge. His body was ready…

— Alessandra Torre