#beach

I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#beach #body #caught #crimes #daytona

In California, I do like to just chill out and go to the beach, but I love the energy here. I feel very productive when I'm in New York. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#california #chill #chill out #energy #feel

You look nice,” he commented, before thanking her for the wine and making his way outside to the porch. Grateful he had turned away and so couldn’t see her blush, she fussed about in the kitchen for a while, preparing a dressing for the side salad, adding a few chopped herbs as an afterthought. Happy that all was well, she joined him, looking forward to another evening of lighthearted chat. “I thought we’d eat out here tonight, if that’s okay. It’s a lovely evening. We should make the most of it,” she said as she drew up a chair opposite him. “Definitely,” he replied, staring out toward Gull Rock. “Beautiful,” she sighed, realizing too late she was still looking at him as she spoke. Averting her eyes, she added, “The view, I mean.” “Oh, so not me?” he joked, one eyebrow raised in challenge. Recovering quickly, she grinned back. “You’re okay, I guess. Not my type, but I’m sure there’s plenty out there who’ll appreciate you.” “Thanks very much.” He appeared somewhat crestfallen. “I don’t know whether to be flattered or insulted.” “A bit of both, I think.” She winked, before heading back to the kitchen to bring dinner out. ↗

— Shani Struthers

#beauty

Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley ↗

— Alex Garland

#garland #horror #the-beach #death

Overmodulation By Charlotte M Liebel-Fawls You're a cavity in my oasis, You're a porthole in my sea, You're a stretch of the imagination every time you look at me. You're an ocean in my wineglass, You're a Steinway on the beach, You're a captivating audience, an exciting Rembrandt, A Masterpiece. ↗

— Charlotte M. Liebel

#imagination #love #masterpiece #oasis #ocean

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#better #bit #down #i #learned

They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable. ↗

— Barry Pepper

#could #crawl #dead #exhausted #lay

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#cities #continent #immense #land #lie

Of course witnessing poverty was the first to be ticked off the list. Then I had to graduate to the more obscure stuff. Being in a riot was something I pursued with a truly obsessive zeal, along with being tear-gassed and hearing gunshots fired in anger. ↗

— Alex Garland

#anger

A mysterious ability, a broken promise, a life changed forever... ↗

— Kim Hornsby

#novels #page-turner-beach-read #romance #women-s-fiction #change