“She had been seized with a sudden existential horror. The house had white carpets and white furniture and, most significantly, no books.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“I was seized with a sudden desire to laugh, to cry, to do both, and I had a pain, too, at the pit of my stomach. I wished, for one wild moment, that none of this had happened, that I… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
