Sitting quietly Quote by william donaldson

“The living room was still dark, because of the heavy growth of the shrubbery the owner had allowed to mask the windows. I put…

— Raymond Chandler

“And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man…

— Ray Bradbury

“...soft light ate away at the darkness and revealed a rather large room outfitted with a small kitchen, an antique-looking couch, and a… a…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I saw an infinity of such dreary evenings stretching out ahead of me. Trapped in a dirty old house with a grieving old woman…

— Charles Palliser

“I glanced up into round black eyes, ringed in yellow, but in some small part I saw humanity there. Sadness. It blinked. "Made," it…

— Kelly Keaton

“I wrapped my hand around his shaft. He was a big boy like me. Wide and long. He was so pale I could clearly…

— James Cox

“During my lunch hour, which I spent on a bench in a nearby park, the waitresses would come and sit beside me talking at…

— Richard Wilbur

“In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back. I struck…

— H.G. Wells

“If I closed my eyes, I could almost count those soft hairs on the back of her neck. One day I'd even leaned forward,…

— Jerry Stahl

“[We] stared at each other. It was intensely surreal. Four people in a country kitchen, plotting bloody magic. With a psycho, body-snatching murderer stalking…

— Tessa Gratton

“I sighed, looking down at the book in my hands. The Years. I rested my elbow against the arm of the couch and cracked…

— Sarah Jio

“[A]s I stepped over the curb, I became excruciatingly aware of my skin color, and my heart pounded with social anxiety. In going around…

— Jared Taylor