Circumstance Quote by Louise Erdrich

“He was startled, but there was that about him which made it impossible to show what he felt, an instant and utter reflex of…

— Ellery Queen

“He went absolutely still for a split second, an error message flashing wildly in his brain. Another second passed before he resumed breathing, then…

— C.C. Gibbs

“A prickle of awareness made the hairs at the back of his neck stand. A deep chill sank into his flesh to settle around…

— Pamela K. Kinney, "Let Demon Dogs Lie," Southern Haunts: Devils in the Darkness

“He tried to avoid these thoughts. He had to stand on guard against his own feeling—as if some part of him had become a…

— Ayn Rand

“He rolled in his bed, twisting the sheets, grappling with a problem years too big for him, awake in the night like a single…

— Stephen King

“But when at long last he had got his head out over the side of the bed, in mid-air, he became afraid of continuing…

— Franz Kafta

“He had a trio of fears that sat in his gut like swallowed teeth, and when he was too quiet with his own thoughts,…

— Laini Taylor

“The weather being hot, he had no cravat, and wore his shirt collar wide open; so that every time he spoke something was seen…

— Charles Dickens

“Life was running, running after a mirage-like desires. I met him, by chance, resting for a night on a bank of Time. observed him…

— Suman Pokhrel

“Without any effort of his will, or power to restrain himself, he shrieked aloud; an outcry that went pealing through the night, and was…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“It was one of those rare nights when I was kept awake not by my nightmares and anxieties but by something exciting and exhilarating.…

— Azar Nafisi

“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