Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“ . . . he thought how easy it would be to simply kick his typewriter onto the floor and smash it to pieces…

— Bodie Thoene

“To my amazement, miraculously, the lid suddenly loosened and slid all the way open, revealing its hidden cargo: A stack of small paper booklets.…

— Syrie James

“cupboard. The strange little key, which had been his great-grandmother’s,”

— Lynne Reid Banks

“We kept a jarful of keys on a forgotten shelf in the house. What doors they opened, or what they kept forever locked, before…

— Merlie M. Alunan

“reached down through the closed wooden lid and struck a key. A minor key, I think.”

— J.R. Rain

“brass door handle off the nearest door and threw it”

— Richard Roberts

“He was a golden boy in a world of brass and tin.”

— Douglas Clegg

“It is only for a week or two that a broken chair or a door off its hinges is recognised for such. Soon, imperceptibly,…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

“He wanted to stick his finger in it and see what happened. Some story, some quest, started here, and he wanted to go on…

— Lev Grossman

“I take a sheet of paper from he stack and run my fingers over its surface. It's smooth, because it's never been used. It's…

— Will Hill

“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room…

— Karen Witemeyer

“till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a…

— J.R.R. Tolkien