Opening-lines Quote by Fredrik Backman

“I had the whole road to myself, for no one was yet stirring, and I walked on, with a slouching, dogged gait. The gray…

— Herman Melville

“Around about now, young John Owen comes out of the shack lugging my old musket from the War. At six years of age, our…

— Peter Matthiessen

“A shot rang out from the rifle of an alerted Harvestman, and just as the sound reached Nathaniel’s ears, he felt the hot streak…

— Jonathan Marker

“I had the shotgun. I was also carrying my two pistols, two knives, and a derringer stuffed in the pocket of my jacket. It…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“The sight of so many guns, mostly deer rifles and duck guns but with a smattering of black rifles and riot shotguns, made him…

— Larry Correia

“The rest of them moved toward the fence, in complete silence. Each of the teenagers jumped swiftly onto the iron spikes. With a blurry…

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

“The trigger gave; I felt the smooth underside of the butt; and there, in that noise, sharp and deafening at the same time, is…

— Albert Camus

“Life is a bleak place. Sometimes you have to learn how to shoot first.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Having a gun held to your head helped sort out the big things in life from the little.”

— Kylie Scott

“As they passed into the woods, he took one last look behind, then checked the two pistols in his belt, and hurried down the…

— Tim Robinson

“Hefting the weapon in a clumsy grip, she aimed it towards the gap in the door just as she saw a figure appear, and…

— Will Jordan

“He looked down, aimed his father’s old H&R 22-caliber revolver, and took another shot, this time in the head. The boy on the ground…

— Rayven T. Hill