Books Quote by Anthony Powell

“I used to take my morning tea at her kiosk and I took an interest in what she was doing. I later learnt she…

— Stanley Gazemba

As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her head. Heavy…

— Karen Hawkins

“We were lying on the blanket in the backyard of 37 Brooks, like we always did that summer. Lena was on her side, cheek…

— Lauren Oliver

“... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and…

— Holly Black

“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of…

— Kristin Cashore

“I was like a woman at a drawer, putting away her party dresses between tissue paper, and there he stood in the doorway-- not…

— Rebecca Lee

“It was a warm and breezy day, too warm for Sally's heavy clothes, so she draped her coat over her arm. The sun went…

— Alice Hoffman

“There was something familiar but strange about her - Snow White with a suntan. Cinderella in biker boots. Tough and delicate and magical and…

— Allyse Near

“She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her…

— John Kennedy Toole

“And sometimes an old woman, tiny and bent, who wore an apron and had pale green eyes and was the frequent stopping block to…

— Kristin Cashore

“The coverlet warmed her legs. The firelight wobbled over the pages. Maelyn sank into the world the words wrapped around her, hushing everything that…

— Anita Valle

“Before the house-maid had lit the fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over the cold, gloomy morning in January, Marianne,…

— Jane Austen