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“As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through…

— Jennifer Starzec

“He unknowingly throws me a lifeline with those words. I am not drowning in worry anymore. I am neck deep and it still washes…

— Ally Condie

“Somebody said my name, asked if I was okay. I didn't answer, the sound of the commotion dying around me as the heavy monkey…

— David Wong

“I thought about death and was gripped by feelings which choked my chest and made my throat dry, a sudden pushing and shoving in…

— Kenzaburō Ōe

“The low voice, smooth and full of menace, woke me from sleep that night. My body tightened like a longbow and I tried to…

— James Patterson

“...and I was thinking of what it would be like to have such a wound, to lift up the bottom of my shirt at…

— Evan Dara

“Even though I'm sleeping again, everything still feels a little rickety, like I'm here but not quite here, like I'm just a stand-in for…

— Amy Reed

“Before I could get my bearings he was on top of me and shoving my face down into the dirt. He was bigger and…

— Tana French

“Holding him like that moved me in a way I cannot describe, except to say I felt the seeds of death inside his shrivelling…

— Mitch Albom

“By the time I found sleep that night, back in the Hawk's Keep, my throat was tight with too many tears unshed, screams unuttered…

— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

“Every bone in my body was crying out for rest, but I knew if I stopped, and perhaps slept, I would die. I had…

— Marcus Luttrell

“Coulda knocked me over with a feather, the front bell went and I opened the door to that tall drink of cool water. Woke…

— Kristen Ashley