Air Quote by Sylvia Plath

He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it.…

— Raymond Chandler

All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung suspended a few feet above my head.…

— Sylvia Plath

I closed my eyes, held my breath and then everything went black.

— Richard Petty

The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time,…

— Abby Sunderland

It all ended with the circuslikewhump of a monstrous box on the ear with which I knocked down the traitress who rolled up in…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

— Edvard Grieg

Everything whirled around me, an uncontrollable blur. Waiting. Waiting. For an answer, for a response. I didn't know how to stop or slow down…

— Sarah Wilkins

Then there was the time in Hollywood when I sat down in a breakaway chair and it collapsed on me. I was nearly knocked…

— Jack Paar

“We laughed and laughed and passed the bong around each other taking turns to burn our lungs. The room was smokier than ever before…

— Nicci Greene

“I pushed myself forward and rose cautiously to my feet. A draft from the aft signaled that my dressing gown was open, but I…

— Kevin Hearne

Silently, I lifted my doggy bowl off the floor. Then, with a quick, powerful flip of my wrist, I threw it into the back…

— Stephenie Meyer

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow…

— Katherine Hannigan