Coughed Quote by Steven Erikson

“There was a pause, while I fought against this other, lesser kind of death that was creeping over me - this death called strangeness,…

— Cornell Woolrich

“Who?” “Schiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, ‘Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend…

— Isaac Asimov

“For the next half-hour or so there was nothing to be done but sit and suffer it. We had Madame Tetrazzini trilling about the…

— Gillian Linscott

“An old man emerged from the ditch, a creature Of mud and wild autumn winds capering Like a hare across a bouldered field, across…

— Steven Erikson

“During the days that followed our return, we were all, I think, seized by a veritable delirium. We wished to speak, to be heard…

— Robert Antelme

“Unwinding the white strips from our bodies, we let our sadness float to the ground. Women kicked their heels above their heads. Men twisted…

— Jabari Asim

“He sits, strong and blunt as a Celtic cross, Clearly used to silence and an armchair: Tonight the wife and children will be quiet…

— Seamus Heaney

“They avoided one another's faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to…

— Terry Pratchett

“We speak now only in echoes, in traces of what once was - ash and dust and salt, from blood and bone and tears.…

— Elsie Chapman

“Simon winced as the man fought for words. He didn't appear to be stuttering so much as emotionally overcome, but it was never pleasant…

— Julia Quinn

“It was the moment of early spring like the pause when a fiddler has lifted his bow and holds it over the strings, ready…

— Rosslyn Elliott

The lingering laughter fled from his eyes as he realized that he'd given himself away. "Where's Fiddle now?" "Safe and cared for. Safer than…

— Hilari Bell