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“I’ll have to bring another one, she said. Such a waste. What was you doing on the floor like that? She”

— Margaret Atwood

“She watched through a slight mist a party of people who had just come into the restaurant, the movements of arms taking off overcoats,…

— Jean Rhys

“I spot something that looks distinctly footstoolish. Hello, antique ottoman. We meet at last.”

— Hannah Johnson

“So, are you just going to stand there looking like a piece of furniture?”

— Brenna Yovanoff

“couple of small suites, all nicely furnished. There was a small sitting area with a gas fireplace, lush carpeting and deep leather chairs. She…

— Ana Meadows

“It made me comfortable. It was a house where you could put your feet up and drink French champagne or Ballarat Bitter according to…

— Peter Carey

“She entered the manor, but couldn’t help feeling that she was trying to hold together a carpet as dozens of people pulled out threads…

— Brandon Sanderson

“You keep picking me up and carting me around,” she muttered. “You know, when I’m not injured or drunk on my ass, I do…

— Thea Harrison

Found something?” “No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor.

— Derek Landy

“My inner goddess fist-pumps the air above her chaise lounge.”

— E.L. James

“saw the first fat flakes pass like small shadows across the office window and expressed her disapproval of nature itself with a loud clucking…

— Alice McDermott

“She moved like water, graceful and soft and lovely. Every part of me wanted to stick out my foot and trip her, just to…

— Cassandra Rose Clarke