Ulla

“Jabor finally appeared at the top of the stairs, sparks of flame radiating from his body and igniting the fabric of the house around him. He caught sight of the boy, reached out his hand and stepped forward.

And banged his head nicely on the low-slung attic door.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand

“The echoes had faded, and now the eager silence of the house rose to enfold us like the waters of a well.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase

“A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.”
― David Walliams, Mr Stink

“We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story’s end.”
― Harlan Ellison, Deathbird Stories