Animals Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

“I paused finally and watched the trees for slashes of light, but saw none. As my heart settled and my ears became less occupied…

— Augusten Burroughs

“. I felt the sun graze my face as I sped further and further from it all. The only negative part about running was…

— Courtney Giardina

“And suddenly I felt panic. I'd made a mistake, like when I'd played chess with Ray and knew a second too late I'd made…

— Janet Fitch

“The whole thing seemed to run better while I was away.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“They had become muffled and distant then anyway. This happened in those first days after the wave. I couldn't find their faces, they quivered…

— Sonali Deraniyagala

“Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.”

— Estelle Ryan

“I whirled to see the snake springing up from the ferns and bouncing towards us, fast. This time we turned and ran. Every time…

— Kenneth Oppel

“His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal…

— Derek Donais

“I decided I had to find out if it was my scene or not. So I stepped in at the deep end. It leads…

— Theresa Sjoquist

“it. I was venturing into a wilderness many had explored before me, crossing the threshold separating those who had killed from those who had…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Help!" he yelled and he lifted one leg, trying to run. But you can't outrun the membrane — he was soon gone.”

— Carol Moreira

“Life was a little like that, I guess. We’d spend so long chasing after something already in motion, always out of reach and calling,…

— Mackenzie Herbert