Boy scout Quote by Thomas Wolfe

“During the day she carried her boy, bandaged and fed the wounded, leaving her own festering wounds until night-time when she licked them and…

— Paullina Simons

“A half-drowned stranger was more exciting than a bruised and exhausted daughter. She could be dying for all they'd care, she thought angrily, picking…

— Vivien Alcock

“The two males had been standing directly in front of the point of detonation, and both had been killed instantly.  Standing a few yards…

— Dirk Patton

“Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces. Each half was glowing, and beating under all that white.…

— Markus Zusak

“A nurse’s aid threw the contents of a patient’s water glass out a window, the mass of water hitting the ground dislodging a pebble…

— David Foster Wallace

“A crack of a tree limb and falling foliage forced me to open my eyes. A tree fell right above my head, frightened birds…

— Brenda Pandos

“People, her people at least, were always chasing shattered hopes. A father gazing down on dead soil, with a brood of hollow-cheeked children sitting…

— A Cruel Harvest

“There was a cry heard, and a crash. The cry was so horrible in its agony that the frightened servants woke and crept out…

— Oscar Wilde

“About a third of the way through the course, one of the runners fell. The crowd gasped. But, amazingly, with utter spontaneity, the rest…

— Sean Covey

“Lynn pulled her own rifle into her lap, the cold metal bringing more comfort to her than Mother’s touch ever could. Her finger curled…

— Mindy McGinnis

“After breakfast they went whooping and prancing out on the bar, and chased each other round and round, shedding clothes as they went, until…

— Mark Twain

“She examined it. It was covered in Mayor Quimly’s blood. A bullet had pierced the left side, passing through the top of the bag…

— Jamie Schoffman