Quote by John Forrester

“instantly bringing the booming of thunder. Talis edged to the other side of the wall, close along the spikes and barbs. Another sudden crack…

— John Forrester

“The storm front towered above them and the wind was cool on their sweating faces. They slumped bleary-eyed in their saddles and looked at…

— Cormac McCarthy

“There was an extravagant winter storm outside. The tinfoil sky flashed beyond the window, rattling in the frame, and once or twice a white…

— Olivia Sudjic

“A faint acrid smell drifted in through the window, from the cannon fire. But through it all the walls of my prison cell never…

— Nancy Bilyeau

“I was standing on the highest point of the downed building we used for a barrier. I waved at them, my bracelets jangling. They…

— James Cox

“Lightening flashed again and again but above the shriek of the wind and the pounding hail they never heard the thunder.”

— Samuel Snoek-Brown

“I could see the corridor window, where the wires-six thin black wires-were doing their best to slant up, to ascend skyward, despite the lightning…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Looking back, I wonder if mom saw it in my eyes: the storm clouds gathering, the dry crackle of electricity in the air. But…

— Melody Grace

“I walked slowly, my eyes focused on the gravel beneath me. I didn’t know where I was going, not that I cared. I just…

— Nicole Sobon

“There was a horrible, wrenching sound, a screech of protesting metal, and one of the screams peaked at a shivering, violent point—then dissolved into…

— Jim Butcher

“Then, with the barricades complete, the posts assigned, the muskets loaded, the lookouts placed, alone in these fearful streets in which there were now…

— Victor Hugo

“I have a notion that, at big fires, a moment of extreme suspense can sometimes occur, when the jets of water slacken off, the…

— Rainer Maria Rilke