Quote by Haruki Murakami

“The nurse rolled up the patient’s sleeve. Flicked the inside of his forearm. There was something about the way the nurse spoke, something Anton…

— Jo Nesbø

“And then, the last words Raspail ever said: 'I wonder why my parents didn't kill me before I was old enough to fool them.'…

— Thomas Harris

“The stuff was like nitric acid, and moreover, in swallowing it one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head…

— George Orwell

“When they coughed, they coughed like people accustomed to be forgotten on doorsteps and in draughty passages, waiting for answers to letters in faded…

— Charles Dickens

“You’ve got the what?” Adam asked, voice rising in alarm. “We’ve got the mumps,” Harriet croaked down the phone. “Shit! Thought I felt rough.”…

— Erin Lawless

“Then came the deglutition of saliva, and the old lady instinctively wiped the stubble of her toothbrush moustache with her handkerchief.”

— Marcel Proust

“Gary nips my finger and starts clawing his way up my shoulder, hissing like an angry kettle. It's just not natural for something so…

— Holly Smale

“Then the boy made a small cough, and then coughed deeper, and again, and then vomited some salt water. Oh God, thank you!”

— Cass Tell

“There was no water at my grandfather’s when I was a kid and would go for it with two zinc buckets. Down the path,…

— Jack Gilbert

“I had a lump in my throat the size of a bundt cake pan.”

— Jessica Soffer

“Well, look what the scamp has dragged home with her. Pirates, henchmen and naughty, naughty men—" A soft whack noise was followed by a…

— A.W. Exley

“I remembered him ranting once about how if someone coughed, they were given time off from work, but if someone was mentally fatigued, they…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout