Atrocities Quote by Mark Ellis

“Hollis blew gently on the thin tan island of foam afloat in her half pint of Guinness, to see it move, then drank some.…

— William Gibson

“It took him longer than usual. Every sound—the clanking of the mug as he retrieved it from the crammed sink, the gushing and spitting…

— Christina McKenna

“in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars. Then he rapped on the door…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“The old man had been stoking and sipping at his pipe for the last fifteen minutes as they awaited the prisoner. The smoke of…

— Michael Chabon

“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So…

— Charles Bukowski

“He went to the coffee pot and picked it up, attempting to pour a cup before he realized it was empty and frowned. "Why…

— Elizabeth Sharp

“This had always been the worst time when the quiet emptiness could leave him gasping for breath. She was there, his wife, a peripheral…

— Sarah Winman

“Die in winter woods," roared Tarin, as if it were his most fervent wish. He was losing it again. Since being caught, he had…

— Syd McGinley

“My glass was empty. I poured more scotch into it, took a small sip, and all at once the silly thing was empty again.…

— Lawrence Block

“He had a curiously stunted sense of humor and loved practical jokes that veered dangerously close to cruelty. Once on a hot day he…

— Bill Bryson

“With his mouth open, he gave off that alcoholic smell that you get from an old brandy cask when you take out the bung.”

— Émile Zola

“No wonder Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoi's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work…

— P.G. Wodehouse