Historical fiction Quote by Alexis Landau

“She was about to laugh at the selfishness of her reaction, but she was distracted by the cool evening air when she stepped outside,…

— Tom Perrotta

“A dark purple sky filled with the first few evening stars made her feel small. She smiled; that was what she expected from the…

— Kristin Hannah

“A piece of sun that never left her. It was a bite of bread. A flower in her heart.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“When she opened her eyes the sky was still there, with its monotonous and brilliant blue. Not a cloud passed across it.”

— Paolo Giordano

“She began to feel sacred, scared and the voices came and went and her body became brittle, falling, drying, like cold Annihilation, like blue…

— J. Jason Graff

“The blue of the sky longs for the earth’s green; 
the wind between them sighs, “Alas.” Day’s pain, muffled by its own glare, burns…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“She can see the sea peeking between buildings, sparkling, inviting. When summer is on its way, it never ceases to thrill her and today,…

— Sara Alexi

“She dreamed of autumn. Of chilly autumn winds and soft fall rains. She could even feel the cool moisture as the rain drops touched…

— Grace Willows

“As she read on, her surroundings gradually faded, and soon there lay about her only the mists of dream; the purple, star-strown mists beyond…

— H.P. Lovecraft Poetry and The Gods

“It was a still afternoon - the golden light was lingering languidly among the upper boughs, only glancing down here and there on the…

— George Eliot

“She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows,…

— Malinda Lo

“But the sky was never quite the same shade of blue again. I mean the world looked different forever after, and even in moments…

— Anne Rice