Books Quote by Caryl Phillips

“But he had loved her, or thought he did, and that had brought her, sputtering and gasping, above the surface of his self-regard. The…

— Kij Johnson

“He watched her for her reaction, or possibly watched her just to watch, his eyes hooded by his lashes and his mouth impassive. A…

— V.S. Carnes

“She wondered how a man could look into a woman’s eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could have looked…

— V.S. Carnes

“She walked empty handed in the street, where everyone sold their dreams. Ignoring the cold stares of the demon, which guarded it and always…

— Akshay Vasu

“His ministrations were tender, his eyes hooded as he seemed to withhold certain emotions from her. She allowed him his secrets, and took what…

— Jennifer Probst

“Time had passed, yet her heart held onto him. She did not draw breath without thinking of him. She did not dream without feeling…

— Sasha Summers

“When he saw her, he wanted to be with her; when he was with her, he ached to touch her; when he touched even…

— Cassandra Clare

“In the weak light of the lonely lamp, he held onto her, for a solid minute, his head buried in her neck as if…

— Kendall Grey

“He looked younger, kinder, a brighter image of the man she knew. A man life hadn’t mistreated or betrayed. Whatever the pain of this…

— Anna Campbell

“She'd seen the kindness in him that he hid from the world, and she'd glimpsed some of the pain that he kept to himself.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“‎When she looked up at him, it was suddenly easy for her to imagine that her fears were pointless. That he would love her…

— Nicholas Sparks

“She averted his eyes, but not before he recognized the pain in them, a tormented and languished gaze, a stare preserved for people who…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn