Deadpanned-perfectly Quote by Jonathan Lethem

“And like I said, I didn’t know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. I guess I wanted…

— Jay Asher

“I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he…

— John Green

“He flapped his mouth some more, and then shook himself awake, came to a decision, and starting sneaking huge, theatrical looks around the restaurant,…

— Hugh Laurie

“I called him up from a phone booth. The voice that answered was fat. It wheezed softly, like the voice of a man who…

— Raymond Chandler

“Mr Thornton sighed as he took in all this with one of his sudden comprehensive glances. And then he turned his back to the…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Our one employee came warily out of the back. He was always skittish with me, and if Lizzy wasn't around, he made a point…

— Marie Sexton

“Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane, that laugh.…

— Mercedes Lackey

“He was nice. But the waitress spilled a drink in my lap during dinner, and then I noticed he had a piece of spinach…

— Maisey Yates

“I straightened, raising my head, and my eyes bugged out and my mouth dried up instantly. He was handsome. No, scratch handsome. He was…

— L.J. Shen

“He was a big, bony man. Iron muscles shaped his jacket sleeves and quickly wore through new trousers. He had a way of imposing…

— Georges Simenon

“His hair was shorter than I remembered, tawny in this half-light, the tousled edges casually framing the clean, commanding lines of his face. His…

— Hannah Blatchford

“I read and talked into the microphone and was gracious to the local rich, the English faculty and the college president, and the students…

— Adam Begley