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“She wondered at her previous blindness; it was as if she had closed her eyelids, and then fancied it was night. No fear that…

— Mary Shelley

“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

“She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and bit her bottom lip. I found it to be such an erotic gesture that…

— Rae Hachton

“She felt it when she woke, not a presence but an absence.”

— Paula Hawkins

“His eyes looked directly at her, and she felt something jump inside. The eyes, the voice, the face, the silver hair, the easy way…

— Robert James Waller

“Her eyes were a rich dark brown that were so deep, they reminded me of my sleepless nights, awake, staring into complete darkness. I…

— Cristina Martin

“…then he sat on his bed and for a fraction of a second the shadows retreated and he had a fleeting glimpse of reality.…

— Roberto Bolaño

“He spent the next hours watching her sleep, taking in every detail of her face, of her body. The way the soft glow of…

— Dominique Wilson

“Yet I thought I saw her stand, A shadow there at my feet, High over the shadowy land.”

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“For many minutes before she showed herself, he felt her moving around the place. He detected her presence as unmistakably as he would have…

— Denis Johnson

“There was this strange fucking sensation throughout my body. I squeezed closer and let my eyelids fall shut. As the silence of the night…

— James Cox

“She fell asleep fairly quickly that night. As she slept just a few inches away, I watched her, trying to burn her image into…

— Jamie McGuire