Abuse Quote by Judith Spencer

“I wanted to stop talking about the whole thing. I wanted to talk about the hide and the old days and hacking at the…

— Patrick McCabe

“The town could not talk, and would not listen. "How'd you like to hear about the war?" he might have asked, but the place…

— Tim O'Brien

“Joe looked around urgently. They could either head towards the village, into the woods, or to the manor. “Yes, we need to find somewhere…

— Paul Moxham

“but he was afraid of being insincere and telling lies in the presence of death. It was on a fine winter’s day, shot through…

— Albert Camus

“That small world, like the great one out of doors, had the capacity of easily forgetting its dead; and when the cook had said…

— Charles Dickens

“None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss the opportunity…

— Tahir Shah

“I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella's reproach.”

— Charles Dickens

“The smell of cigarette smoke in the air in a tavern that changes names often, a bar cursed because of a girl who died…

— Taylor Rhodes

“There would be people on the boardwalk, but even if they suspected something was wrong, he doubt they’d get involved. If there was one…

— Leah Clifford

“There was a moment of silence so profound that it seemed the city was asleep. No sound from the bazaars, no arguments among the…

— Paulo Coelho

“... the wind sprang up afresh, with a kind of bitter song, as if it said: "This is reality, whether you like it or…

— Willa Cather

“The heavens were inexhaustible, it had rained every day since the beginning of September and except for a couple of hours I hadn’t seen…

— Karl Ove Knausgård