Inside Quote by Pamela Samuels Young

“He immediately went down with a thud and I was pretty certain most of the furniture in the room jumped when he landed.”

— Kristen Ashley

“I didn’t work security at the dodge ball factory, but I was a bouncer.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Bodies bounced around like drunken particles.”

— Abby Slovin

“Or maybe there was no one there at all and you'd gone out so no matter how hard I shouted there was no one…

— Caryl Churchill

“Pop's leg was across the room when I came downstairs.”

— Kathryn Miller Haines

“The living room was pitch black – too dark to see anyone moving about. Still they heard the floor boards creak. Someone was there,…

— J.C. Gatlin

“It was completely still, not a sound within or outside. As if it was just the two of them, nothing more in the world,…

— Harriet Evans

“I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've done it, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as…

— Jérôme David Salinger

“Men of your age don't bounce. They splat.”

— David Mitchell

“I looked at Spangler. He was leaning forward so far he was almost out of his chair. He looked as if he was going…

— Raymond Chandler

“I heard a knocking in my skull, and kept running to the door, but there was never anyone there.”

— Emma Donoghue

“Thank God no one was bouncing.' 'You can say that again, Ass Whisperer.' 'Thank God no one was bouncing,' Cam said, and she started…

— Wendy Wunder