She grew silent, waded in the shallows, heard the sigh and…

Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.

— Susan Orlean

...now he saw the familiar wide river beside the path differently. He saw all of the light and color and history it contained and…

— Lois Lowry

“Tyrion pushed forward. "MY LORDS! " he shouted. He had to shout, to have any hope of being heard. His father raised a hand.…

— George R.R. Martin

She grew more and more silent about what really mattered. She curled inside herself like one of those black chimney brushes, the little shellfish…

— Janet Frame

“Everyone grew silent. It was sunset now, with orange fire burning in the western sky, and shadows falling across all of us.”

— Richelle Mead

I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent still linger…

— Libba Bray

“To be a mother, after all, was to know the most perfect fullness on earth, followed by the most terrible emptiness.”

— Tiffany Baker

I think that's what finally stopped me. I slid right to the edge. My legs were hanging over. And I could feel it too.…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

— Albert Camus

“I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases.…

— Khushwant Singh

I love because there is not enough room in my heart to hate.

— Rena Kornreich Gelissen

My heart jumps out of its cage to see what the fuss is about. Damn thing. Always so hopeful, but my voice hides it…

— Sarah Wylie

While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“He held her like a new woman and what she felt felt almost as good as love had, and each of them called it…

— Stephen Dunn

Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make…

— Cassandra Clare