“I turned away from him and went on my way, up the street and about my business. The past was dead. The future was resignation, fatality, and could only end one way now. The present was numbness, that could feel nothing. Like Novocaine needled into your heart. What was there in all the dimensions of time for me? ("Life Is Weird Sometimes" first chapter of unpublished novel THE LOSER)” WayFeelsFirstsHeartEndsSometimesPastLife IsNovelStreetsOne WayMy WayDimensionsLoserChaptersNumbResignationNumbnessFatality Author:Cornell Woolrich
“Fear! Fear again, for the first time since his 'teens. Fear, that he thought he would never know any more. Fear that no weapon, no jeopardy, no natural cataclysm, has ever been able to inspire until now. And now here it is running icily through him in the hot Chinese noon. Fear for the thing he loves, the only fear that can ever wholly cow the reckless and the brave.” KnowsFirstsRunningAbleFearNaturalInspireWeaponsFirst TimeHotBraveChineseCowsTeensRecklessNoonJeopardy Author:Cornell Woolrich
“I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to Cliff only tonight, it's about time you showed up around here.' I wanted to detach him from her, but first I had to sit through about ten minutes of her. She was my sister, but you don't tell women things like I wanted to tell him. I don't know why, but you don't. You tell them the things you have under control; the things that you're frightened of, you tell other men if you tell anyone.” IfsKnowsMenFirstsSaidHandsWantedFearDoorsMinutesTenStrangerTonightFrightenedMy SisterBellsHelloCliffsJust Saying Book:I wouldn't be in your shoes Source: I wouldn't be in your shoes
