Billiard Ball Quote by Geraldine McCaughrean

“His heart was a catapult in his chest.”

— Anthony Doerr

“Don’t be so serious.” He aimed at the ball and sent it gracefully into a green one, which dropped into a pocket. “You’re immensely…

— Sarah J. Maas

“His heartbeat seemed to be shaking him apart, like the impacts of a wrecking ball on an old building.”

— Tim Powers

“How could I remain unyielding? His words penetrated the flimsy barriers I’d set up around my heart. I’d meant to set up a barbed…

— Colleen Houck

“Drowned out by the sound of his heart throwing itself against his ribcage.”

— Amy Zhang

“I looked across to his picture on the wall, the one that showed him with a pained look on this face, with a bleeding…

— Ian Cross

“Filled to the brim, Spilling, Splashing all the way, Drenching the one who carries it, Like an overfilled vessel… His heart bursts inside him,…

— Samir Satam

“His heart cracked open and flooded all the space around it.”

— Jean Thompson

“heart was racing.”

— Heidi R. Kling

“And I knew that tone, the pleading, the fear that was sitting like a spiked ball in his chest. He'd been left behind too,…

— Lili St. Crow

“He has a heart, somewhere, underneath everything else. I know, I saw it once.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“He was a bit like me. You must have a lot of technique, move the ball quickly, avoid a collision – and to avoid…

— Guillem Balague