Quote by Lev Grossman

“Quentin and I crawled outside the building and flopped onto the grass. I was bleeding from a gash across my forehead that he promised…

— F.C. Yee

“Everyone was pretending to be bored to tears, or maybe they actually were, but Quentin wasn't. He was unexpectedly happy, though he instinctively kept…

— Lev Grossman

“Well, he wouldn't get fooled again. He wouldn't give anybody the chance. Quentin felt a new attitude of detachment descend on him. His molten…

— Lev Grossman

“Quentin found himself staring at the end of his Brakebills careers across the perilously slender gap of only two months of time. It was…

— Lev Grossman

“I was ready when Quentin approached me after school the following day. “Genie,” he said. “Please. Let me expl—moomph!” “Stay away,” I said, mashing…

— F.C. Yee

“This time he was underwater, running, feet sinking deeper and deeper into the seabed. The surface was within reach if he raised his arms,…

— Flip by Martyn Bedford

“He took a deep breath, as if he were taking the air from my own lungs and swallowing it for himself.”

— Alyson Richman

“Finally, the water level topped off, leaving him with no more air to breathe. He drew his last breath and slipped down deep into…

— Wyatt Michael

“He sucked in a breath like he had a hole in his chest. “Something”

— Ann Aguirre

“He drank in her misery like fine wine, savoring every drop, letting it soothe his mind, his tension flowing out the fingertips that held…

— Verity Ant

“A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by…

— Kingsley Amis

“They found him late that night. He was floating head-down in the benjo, the long, deep trench of rain-churned shit that served as the…

— Richard Flanagan