“ I would remain nearer you for what time there is.Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted.Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath. Holly Black
“ I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme usurped my life, spilling over into my novels until love was no longer a small vo… Patricia Hickman
“ I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot… Jane Austen
“ I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burned hair, old gowns, one glove apiece, and tight slippers that sprain our ankles when we are silly enough t… Louisa May Alcott
“ I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes, - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, - a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, -… Frederick Douglass
“ I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago, I said at once. Elvii? Marcone inquired.The plural would be Elvises, I guess, I said. But if I say that too often, I start muttering… Jim Butcher
“ He was bright, bright, bright, like a lantern above a pub door in November- he made you want to come in and never leave. Caitlin Moran
“ For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of these laws. I am always astonish… Flannery O'Connor
“ Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and… Paul Auster
“ De liefde, meende zij, moest plotseling komen, met donder en bliksem -als een orkaan uit de hemel, die het leven overvalt, het omverwerpt, ieders wil als blaadjes van de bomen rukt en het hart volledi… Gustave Flaubert
“ Cecilia had unleashed her blood in the bath, Amy Schraff said, because the ancient Romans had done that when life became unbearable, and she thought when Dominic heard about it, on the highway, amid t… Jeffrey Eugenides
“ But by far the worst thing we do to males — by making them feel they have to be hard — is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“ Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome. Christopher Hitchens
“ And Anwin said, It turned out just as an enchantment should.But Anwin, it wasn't an enchantment really, it just—Yes, child, it was the greatest enchantment of all. He winked at the prince. Gillie unde… Shirley Rousseau Murphy
“ According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the definition of the word ‘rebellion’ is ‘an act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention. Extensions… Drexel Deal
“ A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The light hit both of their faces at the same time, so that… J.K. Rowling
“ When the plague struck Chicago, the townspeople here erected the gargoyles, and nary a soul was lost to the Black Death. The bubonic plague predates Chicago by about five hundred years. He lowered him… Kelley Armstrong
“ Nïx clasped her hands over her chest, sighing, He gave you his heart. That’s so romantic. So much better than a candy heart. Those get stuck in the fangs, you know. Kresley Cole
