“For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.” MomentsHandsRunningBehindsQuietPulling Book:Looking for Alaska Source: Looking for Alaska
“Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen.” WorldHumansMadeEndsChoicesStepsSolitudeQuietChosenMatesThreadPullingThunderPreyPredatorPresumptionBeetles Book:Prodigal Summer Source: Prodigal Summer
“O gouvernment francais, I think it was not very clever of You to put this terrible doll in La Ferte; for when Governments are found dead there is always a little doll on top of them, pulling and tweaking with his little hands to get back at the microscopic knife which sticks firmly in the quiet meat of their hearts.” ThinkingHeartLittlesHandsGovernmentFoundTerribleQuietSticksCleverMeatGet BackKnivesPullingDollsVery CleverLittle HandsFound Dead Book:The Enormous Room Source: The Enormous Room
“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one's time before the candles are extinguished on one's birthday cake.” WayOrderWishQuietGlassesAccessCakeCandlePullingBirthday CakeSipping Author:Daniel Handler
“When you're walking home at night, do you even get creeped out and even though it's silly and embarrassing you just want to run home?" It seemed too secret and personal to admit to virtual stranger, but I told her, "Yeah, totally." For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, "Run run run run run," and took off, pulling me behind her.” WantRealMomentsHomeHandsRunningNightSecretBehindsWalkingQuietYeahStrangerSillyPullingEmbarrassingWalking Home Book:Looking for Alaska Source: Looking for Alaska
“Wayde yelled, and I hit him again, adrenaline pulling a scream of outrage from me. He went quiet, and I held my breath to make sure I could hear him breathing. I suppose I could have used my magic on him, but this was a lot more satisfying.” UsedMagicQuietBreathsBreathingSatisfyingScreamPullingOutrageAdrenaline Author:Kim Harrison