All at once she could hear the sullen patter of the rain and sense the sigh of the wind behind it. - Robert Bloch

You hate people. Because, really, you’re afraid of them, aren’t you? Always have been, ever since you were a little tyke. Rather snuggle up in a chair under the lamp and read. You did it thirty years ago, and you’re still doing it now. Hiding away under the covers of a book.

But she didn't listen, she was in the bathroom, she was getting dressed, she was putting on make-up, she was getting ready. Getting ready.

As she reached the landing, the thunder came. The whole house seemed to shake with it.