The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and…

“A gracious heart, a gentle spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I work to attain a 'state of heart', a gentle space offering inspirational substance that could purify one's vision. Photography, like music, must be…

— Paul Caponigro

“I could hear the exasperation in her voice, so beautiful and familiar, but sad, too, like hearing church bells right before your funeral.”

— Brock Clarke

We must not think too unkindly even of the east wind. It is not, perhaps, a wind to be loved, even in its benignest…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Love is a soft whisper coming from the beating one's heart. It's gentle rhythm gives you a feeling of ecstasy you cannot readily fathom…

— Elizabeth E. Castillo

“The words came so fast they seemed to roll down hill. Nobody ever calls it all that; it's just spring wheat, but I like…

— Mildred Walker

“When they were only a few yards from the stone hull, Inej halted and watched the mists wreathing the branches. “He was going to…

— Leigh Bardugo

“The words came fast and slow, because the act of writing plunged me so wantonly down slippery avenues of thought that frequently I found…

— Leah Hager Cohen

“I hope I’m not intruding on his work. I’m happy to pitch in if I can.” “No worries,” Hannah said, then smiled at her…

— Donna Kauffman

For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I…

— Plutarch

“as if the words came not from her but from the breeze.”

— Sally Gardner

Look, I need to tell you something,' I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. 'I couldnt stand it if...I dont want you…

— Rick Riordan

“Good to meet you, Patrick," Will said. "And thank you for the...advice." "Oh, just trying to help my girlfriend get the best out of…

— Jojo Moyes

“I lay down in the mother ash dirt among the crocuses and told her it was okay. That I'd surrendered. That since she died,…

— Cheryl Strayed

“and I again turned through the magazine's first few pages, past the Guess Jeans ads and Eternity by Calvin Klein ads and pitches for…

— Evan Dara