Anonymous Quote by Daniel Thorman

“Would the bastard ever call? Smoke drifted from the ashtray where a fine Cohiba lay unattended. Several burned-out butts crowded the glass, competing for…

— J.T. Ellison

“It was the immutable tango between the Dumper and the Dumpee: the coming and the seeing and the conquering and the returning home.”

— John Green

“Everywhere was the atmosphere of a long debauch that had to end; the orchestras played too fast, the stakes were too high at the…

— Malcolm Cowley

“Again the starter and the engine, and after a minute or two the rattle and pop of gravel as the DeSoto eased backward out…

— Marilynne Robinson

“Another flash of light streamed through the windows and then faded. I didn’t feel the need to go outside and check that they were…

— F.C. Yee

“Some escaped the trap, most didn't. Those who got out always left something of themselves behind, as some animals amputate a leg and leave…

— James Baldwin

“They walked slowly, taking the shortest way, deliberately cutting through Campo delle Fava to avoid the crowds in Calle della Bissa. When they arrived…

— Donna Leon

“Here in the shadow of the firs lay everything the old house had spat out in the course of its life, everything worn out…

— Tove Jansson

“One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when the leaves were falling, and they came to a place…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It was a dark afternoon, threatening rain and the end of the world, and done in that particularly gloomy gray in which only New…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The house filled rapidly; cheerful talk overflowed the rooms and children were bobbing in and out everywhere with their shining new toys, until finally,…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

“The fact that he got to save the Gwardian's mate and managed to piss him off at the same time, well that was just…

— Madison Thorne Grey