Time Quote by Frances Hardinge

“He had taken the precaution of closing the inside shutters of the only window, and his staff, though it leaned lightly on the door,…

— John Bellairs

“Henry lived in a boarding-house in Guildford Street.”

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Our friends were not thrilled about getting up. I had to pour ice water on Halfborn Gunderson’s head twice. Blitz grumbled something about ducks…

— Rick Riordan

“A few of the lads on the walls dared to applaud with rude gestures, insults, and – in one bold case – the quick…

— Terry Mancour

“He executed his commission with great promptitude and dispatch, only calling at one public-house for half a minute, and even that might be said…

— Charles Dickens

“The entered the building twenty-strong. Rider in front with his two meanest assholes flanking him. No one would mistake the men had come for…

— V. Theia

“There were twenty-five Regent’s men: a herald and two dozen soldiers. Laurent, opposing them on horseback, was alone. He”

— C.S. Pacat

“Sam Cleary reached the two old men fighting on the ground and used the fire extinguisher for the first time, bringing it down two-handed…

— Joe Hill

“There's no one else to blame. No Bores or Old Ladies or Norton or Assassins waiting at the bridge.”

— Paul Zindel

“WHO DARES STEAL FROM THE MIGHTY SUTTUNG?’ he bellowed. ‘I JUST FLEW IN FROM NIFLHEIM AND, BOY, ARE MY ARMS TIRED!”

— Rick Riordan

“What in the world, Wimsey, are you doing in this Morgue?” demanded Captain Fentiman, flinging aside the Evening Banner with the air of a…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“He did not even look back at the castle that had been his home. There, he would never even have a name. Now, he…

— E.lockhart