Quote by L.B. Gregg

“HANDS UP, FEET APART, MOUTHS SHUT. DON’T MOVE AND WE WON’T SHOOT YOU.” I”

— Tahereh Mafi

“So this is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch.”

— Scott Lynch

“I'm here, I said, and it felt shockingly comforting, those words. When I'm panicked, I say them aloud to myself. I'm here. I don't…

— Gillian Flynn

“I’m here, I said, and it felt shockingly comforting, those words. When I’m panicked, I say them aloud to myself. I’m here.”

— Gillian Flynn

“And I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I was in the right place-okay," I amended when he raised his eyebrows. "The wrong place at the…

— Myra McEntire

“For the first time in months I felt my body slacken. I had been carrying myself like a gun, cocked, alert, ready for trouble,…

— Jeanette Winterson

“She handed him her gun. “Down,” she ordered. “Shoot anybody that comes into view.” “What about you?” “No, don’t shoot me.” “I mean where…

— James Rollins

“The problem was very clear. It was me. I was holding myself back, five seconds at a time.”

— Mel Robbins

“She was backing away from him now. Don’t go, was his first panicked thought. Followed by: Hurry up.”

— Julie Anne Long

“Sorry I hit you. I thought you were going to keep talking, and I panicked.”

— Jaymin Eve

“You face forward or you face the possibility of shock and damage.”

— Brodie Bruce

“Keep quiet to avoid trouble? I was going to cause trouble!”

— Hannah Shah