“The four of us sat around the pentagram holding hands. I wondered if we were about to sing "Kumbaya.” — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
Mandelstam is the sort of poet who comes along very, very rarely. Even the two Russian poets whose work is often linked… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
“I risk a glance, and St. Clair stares back. Deeply. He has not looked at me like this before. I turn away… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
“It's wrong, what you say, and I beg you, if you're a good man, to forget what you've said, as I forget… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip,… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“God," she said, her tone gently reproving, "brought Mr.Kensington to you, and with him, a world of potential. As I see it,… — Lisa Tawn Bergren Copy Share Image
I've looked up to Maria Sharapova, Anna Kournikova. I followed their matches when I was little. — Sofia Kenin Copy Share Image
“St. Clair clears his throat. 'My fiancée and I are headed out for a celebratory dessert. I'd ask you all to join… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“He smiled at me shyly and took a step closer. I froze, heart pounding, as he put one hand on my cheek… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
Mr. Cruncher... always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“We didn't have to talk, and it wasn't awkward. We were just two lonely, out of place people sharing a holiday with… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
"I thought Indians built fires with fiction." .... "I can do that, but I'd like to eat sometime in the next day… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
When I was about 7, I fancied Anna Chlumsky; the girl from 'My Girl.' — Luke Treadaway Copy Share Image
“Oh, it was 1775.” “What?” “1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill.” “Oh.” I laughed. “We learned about it the day we met,”… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
When is the last time you were a tourist?” she asked archly. He just looked at her. Charles, she had to agree,… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
For clothes, I like Anna on Regent's Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes.… — Sophie Winkleman Copy Share Image
One of the things that really impressed me about Anna Karenina when I first read it was how Tolstoy sets you up… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the… — Tracey Garvis-Graves Copy Share Image
Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
