Quote by J.K. Rowling

“Everything in the house turned damp; the blue fur of mildew crept furtively over any object left standing for the briefest length of time:…

— Anita Desai

“So he lay there, desperate as a beetle fallen on its back, trying not to think of all the things he did not want…

— Benjamin Black

“A breeze had arisen and trailed faintly through the house like a sick woman in a long dressing gown, and with it the odor…

— Christina Stead

“The group sat in silence, absorbing the information. The whole room felt cramped. It was as though there were something else in the cellar…

— Bella Forrest

“Something instinctual in me sensed evil in the house. Perhaps it spoke to my own darkness.”

— Mary Lindsey

“Shirtless, he was prowling around in her bedroom, seeding pathogens in his wake!”

— Lisa Eugene

“The windows of his house shone in the darkness like squares of melting butter.”

— Annie Proulx

“...he was a scream wrapped up in straw, a little, weak, vicious thing gnashing inside a monstrous facade...”

— Robert R. McCammon

“He came inside, peering in with little pecking motions of the head as if he feared the dark would bite him. It did.”

— M.D. Lachlan

“Sitting next to Tilo, breathing next to her, he felt like an empty house whose locked windows and doors were creaking open a little,…

— Arundhati Roy