Journalism Quote by John Varley

“A shudder skittered down my spine at the thought, and I shoved it away, focusing on my surroundings, on the task ahead. That was…

— Sarah J. Maas

“We passed by a few workers, who did double takes as we ran past. I supposed that the image of a hairless cat in…

— Jaye Wells

“He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee…

— Robert Galbraith

“A figure moved, painfully flexing stiff, aching shoulder blades, and looked back towards the control tower. There was a different atmosphere about the place…

— Joy Ellis

“And then there was the routine, the mind-numbing routine. It was the castration of thought, the daily grind of an office worker who drooled…

— Hugh Howey

“I was working, but I didn't have anything like enough to do, and the bad times came in the evenings, when I went back…

— Olivia Laing

“They carried on a curious intermittent conversation which flicked on and off like the beams of a lighthouse suddenly nipped into silence by the…

— George Orwell

“As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business.  I am…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“I remember reading the Times in the subway, folding it awkwardly while leaning against the door, caught up in the words, worried about crashing…

— Gary Shteyngart

“He crowded down the surge of feeling that distracted him from the task at hand.”

— Mar Preston

“I sat and looked up at the blue sky and across at the blank windows for a long time. A woman I’d once cared…

— Robert B. Parker

“The day was ridiculous. In fact, the situation was so serious I thought they had to be joking - like maybe they staged a…

— Maureen Johnson