“ He picked up the sketchbook, turning it so she could see his work - a gorgeous rendition of a stone bridge they'd passed, surrounded by the drooping boughs of oak trees."You could sketch me," said Emm… Cassandra Clare
“ Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes. I go to drown in doleful dumps, dead-drunk with drearihead. John Bellairs
“ I do not think, Prospero,' he said, 'that one should attribute a very high degree of reality to your house. John Bellairs
“ When D's cabin caught fire, D was out of the country. Half the town-Christians and drinkers alike-came out to fight the fire and loot the cabin. There were individual piles of loot, and fights over th… John McPhee
“ I’d never heard of a rain check before, but hoped it was something storm rescuers bought bags of souvenirs for their kids with. Amber McRee Turner
“ Listen carefully, as this may be something of a shock to you." "A shock? You mean all that was just the precursor? Marissa Meyer
“ Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious," said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems obvious once it's been explained. Theodora Goss
“ At this point I'm sure he's more plastic than person, but most people who hate wrinkles become Daleks over time, anyway. Ashley Poston
“ I should need to be a herd of elephants, I thought, and a wilderness of spiders, desperately referring to the animals that are reputed longest lived and most multitudinously eyed, to cope with all of… Virginia Woolf
“ Tell me, what's the difference between tracking a wild beast and securing a husband? Shari L. Tapscott
“ I thought you came down right on the side of go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars. Cassandra Clare
“ My phone buzzed in the center console again."What's happening with this thing?" Dad grabbed it."Dad, really?" I didn't want him to see the texts between Dash and me. Awkward."He says he knew it."The t… C.D. Reiss
“ It seems the only thing that can rob you of your formidable powers of inquisition is the sight of me without a shirt on. Caine
“ Being immortal is grand and all but I don't really remember half of what I did. The human brain was not made to hold this much information. So it doesn't. John Kennebrew
“ We play and tease, but―darn it―he has not dragged me into the rain and kissed me senseless yet. And that's how it's supposed to happen. I know; I read romance novels. Shari L. Tapscott
“ Little James Herondale, age two, was in fact holding a dagger quite well. He stabbed it into a sofa cushion, sending out a burst of feathers. "Ducks," he said, pointing at the feathers. Cassandra Clare
“ Charlie waves me on, then leans an elbow on his chair. Propping his head up with a finger by his te Krista Ritchie
