Adult-non-fiction Quote by Jeannie Walker

“He felt it burn in his heart.”

— James Dashner

“The raging burning pain was excruciating, causing me to throw up. I did however manage to remain conscious. Yay me!”

— P.A. Lupton

“..with an intensity that sent every instinct in my body screaming that death was here, that it was about to jump down my throat…

— Jim Butcher

“I felt that I was burning underwater.”

— Regina O'Melveny

“I felt as though a large knot of flames had been lit in my stomach, making me feel nauseous and excited all at once”

— Heather James

“That’s when it happens. The moment of death is full of heat and sound and pain bigger than anything, a funnel of burning heat…

— Lauren Oliver

“I experienced a form of grief so intense and pure I thought it would kill me.”

— William Boyd

“I had always wondered what it felt like to die.”

— Pressfield, Steven

“And then just as suddenly, I felt absolutely nothing. It was like a door quickly opened, showing me what horrible feelings I had inside,…

— Augusten Burroughs

“I was sad but it felt like the sadness was pouring out of me instead of poisoning me. I felt like I had been…

— Elliott James

“It felt like everything was rising up in me, like i was drowning in this weirdly painful joy.”

— John Green

“I thought about death and was gripped by feelings which choked my chest and made my throat dry, a sudden pushing and shoving in…

— Kenzaburō Ōe