Book Quote by Anonymous

“This is being written in another seaside cottage on another coast. Gin and whiskey have bitten rings in the table where I sit.”

— John Cheever

“In the meantime, the place became dilapidated, the wind whistled through the cracked walls, the rain fell through the broken roof, the weeds choked…

— Charles Dickens

“Over the years, the kitchens I grew up in and around continued to draw me in, like a moth to a flame, as though…

— Sasha Martin

“I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each…

— Joseph Conrad

“I found a pristine lake, undisturbed by man. So, of course I had to clang a few pots and piss in the lake, to…

— Jarod Kintz

“Someone asked me what home was, and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting…

— Anonymous

“I was often tempted, when all was at peace around me, and I the only unquiet thing that wandered restless in a scene so…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“So I'd grown up eating my words, and it wasn't until later that that I realized how many had gotten backed up inside me.…

— Lisa Ko

“You can know all about a person from the things they collect, the books on their shelves, the chairs in their parlor. … Let…

— Lynda Rutledge

“Sometimes I felt the whole world was converging on this little room. And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I'd throw open the…

— Hanif Kureishi

“I took my time walking down to the lake, hoping that somehow the ache in my heart would ease. My joy at the success…

— Leigh Bardugo

“Behind the counter, I slouched on my stool in the sun and sucked up the summer as If I could hold every drop of…

— Maggie Stiefvater