Quote by Mary Balogh

“The women watched the men, watched to see whether the break had come at last. The women stood silently and watched. And where a…

— The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

“There was a cry heard, and a crash. The cry was so horrible in its agony that the frightened servants woke and crept out…

— Oscar Wilde

“Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.”

— Philippa Gregory

“It soon got so cold that the men rushed to close the doors. When they had shut them and the room was again silent,…

— Mark Helprin

“But the cry of a baby the minute she yanked open the front door tightened her chest so hard she could scarcely catch her…

— Deanna Roy

“In a place filled with fears, they were looking for the man who had none.”

— John Katzenbach

“Some people rushed into danger without a thought for their own safety. Others ran away. And some froze. I fitted into the latter group.”

— Estelle Ryan

“stood with my hand on the handle of the third door. The rule of three, Miss Winter had said. But I wasn’t in the…

— Diane Setterfield

“They had done nothing but wait, and had become poetical. How easy to the smallest building; how impossible to most men.”

— Thomas Hardy

“With a sigh the young mother returned to the hearthrug and, by way of carrying out her principles of stern neglect, butted her son…

— Agatha Christie

“Can you imagine what it would do to a person, to know that they were standing between three people and that marrow-deep, desperate need?”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“The men were making too much noise, laughing, joking, to cover her terrible accusing silence below. She made the empty rooms roar with accusation…

— Ray Bradbury