Quote by D.H. Lawrence

“I remember noticing for the first time how loud she was, her voice hard with silly aggressiveness. Connie with her whines and feints, the…

— Emma Cline

“I'm sorry about the trouble, Karen," he said, loud and clear, so everyone could hear how reasonable he was being. She scowled up at…

— Rachel Vincent

“M...maybe,’ I stutter. ‘Whatever the reason, this woman has problems. We need to be compassionate, show understanding.’ ‘Or slice her head off. I have…

— Eoin Colfer

“Infuriated to the point of speechlessness, Kathleen glared at him while Helen discreetly pried the butter knife from her clenched fingers.”

— Lisa Kleypas

“But the rest offended her - and inarguably, because it wasn't a gesture but an emotion.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Pauline examined her face for a few seconds more, her jaw set. And then she smiled a little, not kindly, raising her eyebrows and…

— Alice McDermott

“It baffled her, the world. She did not want to leave it yet.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“She was the missing ingredient they needed. The hint of nutmeg. Connie”

— Liane Moriarty

“The following afternoon, alone in their room, and oppressed by not yet having made the promised call to Connie...”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.”

— Joseph Hansen

“She wondered if she was in the midst of an anecdote that, for reasons of proximity, she was not yet able to perceive.”

— Carrie Fisher

“I had never heard her sound so calm, so resigned to her fate. She said she was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was…

— Paulo Coelho