Fall Quote by Timothée de Fombelle

“They hooted and laughed all the way back to the car, teasing Milkman, egging him on to tell more about how scared he was.…

— Toni Morrison

“He was astonished at how calm he found he was. Fear of death had always energised him, making him move far more quickly than…

— K.J. Parker

“I was not frightened as they were, for the very violence of his threats showed how weak he was.”

— Erik Christian Haugaard

“His face fell, and I could see a warning of danger in it, for there was a sudden fierce, sidelong look which meant killing.”

— Bram Stoker

“Not to fall was too hard, too hard; and he felt the silent lapse of his soul, as it would be at some instant…

— James Joyce

“It took another time, more waves rolling up, to understand that he had no idea what it would be like to live without fear…

— Cynthia Voigt

“For he was not strong enough to receive the impact of unfamiliar things without a little talk to break their fall.”

— Eudora Welty

“He considered himself, and the way he moved in reaction, like a pinball, from one thing to the next, as he was told, as…

— Laleh Khadivi

“He tried to hold on, tried to hold back, but it was too late. He was lost. Lost, and yet somehow found. It was…

— Jill Shalvis

“It was a long mile before I could speak, to give him my practiced answer. The cliff I had always feared was just ahead,…

— Judy L. Mandel

“His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal…

— Derek Donais

“He had been frightened and so he had been vehement.”

— Graham Greene