Inspiration Quote by Markus Zusak

“The first intimation I had that things were about to hot up was a pained and disapproving cough from the neighbourhood of the carpet.”

— P G Wodehouse

“He saw the hardness turn to fear, saw the plea begin to form on the man’s lips. And he shook his head. When death…

— Stephen England

“I’ve been sick too.” I faked a pathetic-sounding cough. “Must be something I caught last time I was here. Bastard Plague?”

— Molly McAdams

“I remembered him ranting once about how if someone coughed, they were given time off from work, but if someone was mentally fatigued, they…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I found that I was reaching, automatically, for another cigarette; my eyes and throat felt hot and aching, and my brain stupid. I let…

— Mary Stewart

“And, with alarming suddenness, nothing happened.”

— Terry Pratchett

“A few deep breaths, and the trepidation was momentarily quelled. She”

— J.T. Ellison

“Then the boy made a small cough, and then coughed deeper, and again, and then vomited some salt water. Oh God, thank you!”

— Cass Tell

“I swallowed, feeling my pulse race, and gave silent thanks that there were no eyewitnesses to my blushing, which could have set a cigar…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“I knew in every cough and sob, every hitched breath and chest spasm, that he’d hold me together. Whatever fell apart, he’d put right.”

— C.D. Reiss

“I looked at him on the bed. He coughed once and a trail of brownish dead blood came out of his mouth and ran…

— Sebastian Faulks

“and I couldn’t catch my breath, and my lungs were acting desperate, gasping, pulling me out of the bed trying to find a position…

— John Green