Rattler Quote by Sophie Littlefield

“The rattler began to coil. Soon it would realize that it could not strike at such a distance, and would attempt to retreat.”

— Dean Koontz

“I whirled to see the snake springing up from the ferns and bouncing towards us, fast. This time we turned and ran. Every time…

— Kenneth Oppel

“She couldn’t go looking for loss. Of any kind. Because it would awaken those old feelings, the ones she kept tightly coiled inside, the…

— B.A. Shapiro

“She could hear the rattle of hooves on stone evolve into a thunder of pursuit.”

— Cinda Williams Chima

“He knew for a fact that he was so hopelessly bad at seeing through camouflage that, if left alone in the forest, he might…

— Sorin Suciu

“It was baffling. These creatures. The were fraught and frayed win their desire. A snake would never poison itself, but these folk made an…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“He released something elemental in her, some primitive force she hadn’t even been aware of until he came along. It was frightening, in a…

— Lynn Turner

“He saw the delicate blades of grass which the bodies of his comrades had fertilized; he saw the little shoots on the shell-shocked trees.…

— Humphrey Cobb

“Something inside his chest unlocked--wildly, slowly, a peculiar sort of melting. He was lost. He was the thorn and the thistle, blown upon her…

— Shana Abé

“Thunder growled in the distance, a beast prowling the countryside, hungry and snuffling the air for blood. He crossed the wet grass of the…

— Linda Castillo

“And yet he felt forebodings. Some nameless threat lurked just around the corner of the world for the sun to rise again. The feeling…

— Walter M. Miller Jr

“I paused finally and watched the trees for slashes of light, but saw none. As my heart settled and my ears became less occupied…

— Augusten Burroughs