Behinds Quote by Terry Pratchett

“Merridew might not have been the slenderest of men or the tallest. But he had grip, he had cunning and like many fat men…

— John le Carré

“The man attempted to salute and Renius forced himself to smile, biting back his temper at the sloppy manners. He watched the fat figure…

— Conn Iggulden

“What Fats wanted to recover was a kind of innocence, and the route he had chosen back to it was through all the things…

— J. K. Rowling

“The last time Ranulf had run into Sulien, the older man had called him a misbegotten English Judas and spat onto the ground at…

— Sharon Kay Penman

“He was a big, bony man. Iron muscles shaped his jacket sleeves and quickly wore through new trousers. He had a way of imposing…

— Georges Simenon

“He caught a glance of himself in the stand-up mirror in the corner of the room. His hair was soaking wet, beads of sweat…

— C.A. McGroarty

“He was so conspicuously, irrefutably good-looking, it was silly; it made you want to laugh. With his long legs and his broad shoulders, and…

— J.K. Rowling

“[He] Spoke and rose to full height, sword in air, Then cleft the man's brow square between the temples Cutting his head in two…

— Virgil

“He was a horrid-looking fellow. Fat as a pig he was, and his face was the colour of cottage cheese. His collar was unbuttoned…

— Brian Moore

He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate…

— Ray Bradbury

“Now the spectacle was before him in its glory, and as he looked out on it he felt shy, old-fashioned, inadequate: a mere grey…

— Edith Wharton

“Fats was starting to think that if you flipped every bit of received wisdom on its head you would have the truth. He wanted…

— J.K. Rowling