Evocative Quote by A.E. Marling

“...she stood back and wiped the sweat-sting from her eyes. The air was clean. Her hands brown with dirt. Pride surged through her, raw…

— Anthony Marra

“She didn't know how to describe this feeling, this breathless languor. No one had ever looked at her the way he did, as if…

— Tahereh Mafi

“It started at her mouth with just a wobble, a tremble of her lips. Then her hands joined in, fingers shaking until she had…

— Kennedy Ryan

“I stood to take a few minutes to clear my head when a strangled sob grounded me to the floor. My head jerked up,…

— A.L. Jackson

“The long lids of her eyes closed halfway, like a basking cat’s, but the smile remained on that wide, soft mouth—those lips that hurt,…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Her eyes were open, taking in my tired face... Her face twitched into what looked like a squinty smile, and in her wordless expression…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was…

— Kate Chopin

“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still and good, and…

— Gord Sellar

“But she had slept, she was positive. She knew it because of the dreams. Despite the comfort of her bed she had tossed and…

— Katie Lynn Johnson

“Comfort came in and stood with an appearance of guilt and shame. Her head bent, her eyes soaked with tears, her hands and legs,…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“When she shut her eyes, her mind grew alert. Her senses opened. All around her, she felt how quickly things formed and were consumed.…

— Louise Erdrich

“A working woman, rising before dawn to spin and needing light in her cottage room, piles brushwood on a smoldering log, and the whole…

— Appolonius Rhodius