"You Sure this is it?" I said. "It looks empty.""Empty? No way, there's loads of shit in there," worm replied"
- Ransom Riggs
"Let [the wife] guard, as much as possible, against a gloomy and moody disposition, which causes her to move about with the silence and cloudiness of a spectre; for who likes to dwell in a haunted hous..."
- John Angell James
"I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still blew around us and the house still stood."
- Kate Chisman
"Our divorce was an optical illusion, surely, because I am often still there, in my old home with my family. I can so easily fool myself, even without a scope, a lens, a patch of sky to measure my trau..."
- Jalina Mhyana
"Lily?” She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. A beat passed. Then another. He flicked the flashlight on, his eyes zooming in on her mouth. “Don’t suppose yo..."
- Jessica Lemmon
"Lily?”She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them. A beat passed. Then another. He flicked the flashlight on, his eyes zooming in on her mouth. “Don’t suppose you..."
"You’re killing me in this proper little suit,” he said, skating a heated look over her shirt. “My place or yours?” She swallowed thickly, the hand against his chest beginning to sweat. “I-I’m busy.” “..."
"Say my name.""No." She tipped her head up, her breath sawing out of her lungs. “Don’t stop, please.” He languidly stroked her. “I won’t stop, but I won’t take you there unless you say it.” Her voice l..."
"He drew in an answering breath, and she waited to hear the quip, the joke, the dab of levity for the most intense moment they’d ever shared. But he only dropped his head into the crook of her neck and..."
"This is good,” he told her.She gave him a slow blink. “You like wine?”“Doesn’t everyone?”“You strike me as a beer-from-the-can kind of guy.”“I am.”"