He starts to hum, a haunting melody. No words ride the…

“My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.”

— Cynthia Hand

“There is something beautiful about a sunny winter day, A break from harsh gray skies and harsh cold winds, A bright warm sun and…

— Red Waterfall

“Biju stepped out of the airport into the Calcutta night, warm, mammalian. His feet sank into dust winnowed to softness at his feet, ad…

— Kiran Desai

“I am blessed. I am beautiful. I am great.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The kitchen of the Big House was always one of my favorite places. Airy and sunny. No modern cabinets or anything like that. Just…

— Suzanne Palmieri

“The kitchen door, painted red from the day Naomi moved in, and a geranium, also red, outside on the stoop, gave the whole area…

— Suzanne Palmieri

“Romanticism, which has helped to fill some dull blanks with love and knowledge, had not yet penetrated the times with its leaven and entered…

— George Eliot

“The pale sword came shivering through the air”

— George R.R. Martin

“From the elevator, Mabel watched the old woman's bare feet hobbling away, a trail of salt and the lace hem of her nightgown left…

— Libba bray

“The cream and hot butter mingled and overflowed separating each glucose bead of caviar from its fellows, capping it in white and gold.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“Kept dreaming of this spot she had on her neck, this tiny country. I wanted to visit, to paint a picture of what I…

— Cath Crowley

“I've got words residing inside me freely meandering reshaping a wasteland into the prospect of treasured home again”

— Ali Nuri

“Take time each day to pulse and reflect on the beauty of life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“There were no stars, or if they were they shone like volcanic glass.”

— J.V. Jones

“John Longridge, the cook at Harley-street, had suffered from low spirits for more than thirty years, and he was quick to welcome Stephen as…

— Susanna Clarke