Last Word Quote by Hugh Howey

“He'd dust the dirt off with his fingers, wash it in his mouth so it came lean off his tongue like a language.”

— Dawn Tripp

“He gave a final shake of his coat. I go to the hunt!”

— Robin Hobb

“That same day, Rocky had opened his eyes for the first time and looked around him, and Cecilia had cried and hugged him. He…

— Brian Falkner

“He put his foot on it, and lifted one of the sleeves out with his teeth, and chewed and chewed at it, gradually taking…

— Mark Twain

“He went down and found the body floating. Francis had been dead about an hour. In one of his hands, clutched so that they…

— Winston Graham

“They say the nail that sticks out gets hammered down”

— Daniel H. Wilson

“I was surprised he didn't just spit the nails into the wood like Popeye the Sailor Man.”

— Josh Lanyon

“She wanted to take those words back. But they were out, shattering in the air all around them, slicing them both.”

— Lisa Unger

“Ay," he said aloud. There is no translation for this word and perhaps it is just a noise such as a man might make,…

— Ernest Hemingway

“There should be a language called Nail, so I could more naturally say, “My nail is a bit rusty.”

— Jarod Kintz

“He stares at me with the calm, friendly face of a Saint Bernard who has just dug you out of the snow and who…

— Hope Jahren

“fingernails were torn out with pliers.”

— Stephan Talty