Nature Quote by Vernon D. Burns

“The moment her feet touched the floor, a chill ran up her spine. She was standing on her sweatshirt, which lay next to her…

— Scott Westerfeld

“She slammed into an invisible wall and flew back once more, landing on her back. She lay sprawled on the ground, trying to shift…

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

“She pressed her fingers to the woman’s neck and felt icy skin. Bending close to the lips, she waited for the whisper of a…

— Tess Gerritsen

“She smelled of flowers and rain. A meadow beneath a storm. It was intoxicating, and before he could even ponder why he would think…

— Micah Persell

“Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“It transformed and sharpened everything she saw, smelled, felt. She could hear the ping of water moving through the pipes and smell metal in…

— Dennis Lehane

“She came up on her toes, closing the distance between them as he whispered—more breath than sound—a single devastating word, a word echoed in…

— Sarah MacLean

“Charmaine swallowed nervously as she hesitated for a moment, her throat dry, arid and parched like the sands of the desert under the burning…

— Jill Thrussell

“As we shook hands I wondered idly what her urine looked like.”

— Patrick McGrath

“Her bare feet land with light thuds like rain on stones.”

— Victoria Schwab

“She figured out that the only way 
to keep from being frozen was to 
stay in motion, and long ago converted
 most of her…

— Judy Grahn

“She ran quietly down Ninth Avenue, her feet barely tapping the ground. There were no cars and she ran smooth and steady down the…

— Val Brelinski