Another chance Quote by Ben Rawlence

“reality, the picnickers were sweltering beneath their clothes, the champagne was warm, and if anyone had thought to take their shoes off they would…

— Diane Setterfield

“A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of…

— John Grisham

“They wanted a girl who knew what it was like to acquire things out of amusement rather than need. Who sympathized with those whose…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Brigitte was a big help to Richard’s parents. During the day she looked for firewood and later helped her grandmother with the cooking, which…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise

“To him, restaurants were the ultimate expression of ungodly waste. For of all the luxuries that your money could buy, a restaurant left you…

— Amor Towles

“Kitchen boys cost extra. A lot extra. They often turn out to be plucky little heroes with hearts of gold and a grim determination…

— Tom Angleberger

“He sat desiring the girl - a speed-hardened straw-colored junkie stewardess, a spoiled Augustana Lutheran, compounded of airport Muzak and beauty parlor school. Her…

— Robert Stone

“. . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“Just then, the waiter arrived, wheeling a wooden cart that carried an elaborate silver tray that was resplendent with assorted tea sandwiches of every…

— Brian O'Reilly

“Would you not like to fill up a whole note-book at the street crossings when you see a forger borne along upon the necks…

— Juvenal

“Squeezed into a corner, elbow to elbow, they drank cheap red wine and feasted on bread and oysters, straight from the paper. The food…

— Laura Madeleine

“Stupid women were lured into it and assured they would become young and beautiful if they let themselves be pummeled and pounded and smeared…

— Eva Ibbotson