“ The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms. Jim Thompson
“ The villagers marked the time in two ways: before the swamp and after. What came before was good. And all that came after was not. Melanie Crowder
“ It was dark now, and broodingly sluggish. Like something supine waiting to spring, with just the tip of its tail twitching. Leaves stood still on the trees. An evil green star glinted in the black sky… Cornell Woolrich
“ It was a time for warm embraces, for smiles, for toasts and reconciliations, for renewing old friendships and making new ones, for laughter and kisses.It was a good time, a golden autumn, a time of pe… George R.R. Martin
“ Nicasia said that as mortal power grows, land and sea ought to be united. And that they would be, either in the way she hoped or the way I should fear.Ominous, I say.It seems I have a singular taste f… Holly Black
“ An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave. Sara Sheridan
“ Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his face. Ian Fleming
“ There's an innocuous explanation for everything. Everything is a coin that has two sides to it, and one side is innocuous but the other can be ominous.(New York Blues) Cornell Woolrich
