Quote by Edwin Arlington Robinson

“Without any effort of his will, or power to restrain himself, he shrieked aloud; an outcry that went pealing through the night, and was…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The instant the words are out of his mouth, he realizes his mistake. It’s like getting smacked in the back of the head with…

— Maria Padian

“The terrible agony that had been unleashed here seemed to remain coiled in the air, poised, ready to snatch at his sanity. In self-defense,…

— Steven Erikson

“A great thunderstorm of sound gushed from the walls. Music bombarded him at such an immense volume that his bones were almost shaken from…

— Ray Bradbury

“There was silence. Then as if to refresh the power of destruction, the wind rose and the waves rose and through the house there…

— Virginia Woolf

“Then a sound came.  It was like the grinding of gears on a colossal ship engine.  The sound was like mountains of iron scraping…

— Alec Merta

“All night long, in his cell, he burned with hatred. It did not matter what he thought, it was how he felt; and alone…

— Don Carpenter

“He had laid his head back until his scalp had contacted his spine, that far back, and opened his throat, and a sound rose…

— Denis Johnson

“Taking a couple of deep breaths, he knew he had to choose his words carefully—in spite of the fact that his adrenal gland had…

— J.R. Ward

“He tried not to think, not to understand: could there be any understanding of this? This had come, had crushed, and was roaring. If…

— Andrei Bely

“Silently we went round and round, And through each hollow mind The memory of dreadful things Rushed like a dreadful wind, And horror stalked…

— Oscar Wilde

“There was a horrible, wrenching sound, a screech of protesting metal, and one of the screams peaked at a shivering, violent point—then dissolved into…

— Jim Butcher