“One of them hissed-not the hiss of a cat, a long, steady tone-more like the hiss of air escaping the rubber raft that is all that lies between you and a dark sea full of sharks, the hiss of your life leaking out at the seams. ”
“Your face is a secret. Hiss, Hiss.”
“The scream of the twelve-inch shrapnel is more penetrating than the hiss from a thousand Jewish newspaper vipers. Therefore let them go on with their hissing.”
“I swear,if she were a cat she'd be hissing.”
“He hissed and rocked his hips into her. “You like to bite?”“I’m a cat, aren’t I?”
“I perceive that you have a cruel heart, my child. It lies within your breast like a smoldering blade, hissing steam at me.”