Quote by George Orwell

“We made love like an earthquake, which was nice because neither one of us had to do any work.”

— Jarod Kintz

“...it was like being in the start of an earthquake. Before that, whatever else happened, however bad things had been, you were at least…

— Roland Merullo

“Did anybody feel an earthquake? No. Did you?” He shook his head. “You’re talking out of your ass, pal!”

— Christa Faust

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“Something terrible happened and people began to shake. It was the reminder that frightened them; the reminder of just how close to the edge…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Butler shot one of the half dozen diners a fierce glare, just in case she might be planning something. The woman must have been…

— Eoin Colfer

“There were pieces missing yet but they would fall into place and then maybe the whole of it would make sense.”

— Sue Grafton

“Maybe it was just one of those moments when people come together like magnets, drawn into each other's arms by heightened emotions, but it…

— Jessica Thompson

“There was going to be a spot for me in this joint, the earth, after all. It was never going to be a great…

— Anne Lamott

“In the boulder at my back, there is a shudder, so slight that at another time it might have gone unnoticed. The tremor comes…

— Peter Matthiessen

“I quickly discovered three distinct traits about my tablemates: They hit each other a lot. They swore a lot. They belched a lot.”

— David LaRochelle

“It was odd and intimate, their hands connected, their heads in different rooms. They could talk. They could hold hands. But they couldn't see…

— Jess Walter