Air Quote by Anita Shreve

She was astonished, and at the same time she knew. There were many things in life like that. You couldn’t imagine it, and then…

— Ann Brashares

There were those emotions down there, and though she couldn't quite feel them, they were strong and she feared them. It was like watching…

— Ann Brashares

She tried to stay strong, but the pain was too wild. A smile, so lovely, you wouldn't believe it was fake. The pressure to…

— Anonymous

She explained that the bullet had entered through the side of my left eye where there was a scar, traveled eighteen inches down to…

— Malala Yousafzai

“...it was complicated, she wasn't thinking only of herself but me too, since we'd both been through so many of the same things, she…

— Donna Tartt

What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to…

— Anthony Holden

“She coughed and inhaled a huge gulp of air and coughed again, a redness sweeping over her face. “It knocked my breath out… There…

— John Forrester

“She knew what she looked like - someone at the edge of catastrophe, someone already flinching from a blow that had not yet been…

— Josephine Humphreys

“She was terrified. She was beginning to realise that after long months of selfcontrol, the pressure, the earthquake, the volcano of her soul was…

— Paulo Coelho

“The sound of her breathing reminded me, as it so often did, of how vulnerable she was. And how vulnerable we were because of…

— Dennis Lehane

A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken…

— John Steinbeck

“She made a visual inventory of the disaster and confirmed that the girl was curled up like a snail, her head hidden between her…

— Gabriel García Márquez