Books Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“And when she was home, she spent her days lolling about the house reading mystery novels, watching television, and drinking wine. She watered and…

— Kathy Cooperman

“All evidence of the house ghost reasserting herself.”

— Diane Setterfield

“Staring in confusion around her, fear, panic, and finally, recognition seeped into her dazed mind. Early morning rays highlighted the water stains shining through…

— Dale Mayer

“It was as if instead of entering a house she was entering the idea of a house, some archetype brought to life here before…

— Celeste Ng

“The world she was walking through was a pale nothingness, like a blank sheet of paper or an enormous, empty white room. It had…

— Neil Gaiman

“It's more like she left some of herself behind in the walls and the floors and the books, like there's something she wants to…

— Marie Bostwick

“...I had decided to tidy up a bit. Actually it hadn't really been a choice. The situation had got out of hand, particularly because…

— Gianrico Carofiglio

“They had ganged up on her, in the claustrophobic, loving way of families, and she wanted no more of it.”

— Gregory Maguire

“It was only later, in her new, darker rooms above the banking house, that she realized it didn’t matter how loud she screamed or…

— Daniel Abraham

“The house felt strange. Altered. Like someone had come in during the day and shrunk all the furniture just a tiny bit.”

— Anne Ursu

“In daylight her death had taken on a reality. It lived in the house with them, in the dust on the floors, the blankness…

— Gregg Hurwitz

“All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or…

— Celeste Ng