Watched it spring back from the needle like a live thing.
For three seconds the wheel was like a live thing under her hands, and then she had it back.
It came from live things, after all; they were crowded in on both sides.
The spear turned like a live thing, and left my hands.
"Do you realize this is the first live thing we've found."
It went from a live thing to a dead one in my hands.
It was a small live thing, and he had no fear.
They were the only live, human, real things in her face.
They stood looking at one another across the space of desk, and the silence was a live thing, a third presence in the room.
