Books Quote by David Sheff

“I’d read enough to know that one of the symptoms of grief was a deep anger at the loved one who’d died, anger that…

— Katherine Allred

“As the thing came closer, what was left of Nick’s body became revealed and I could see how the dead boy’s eyes had bled…

— J. Tonzelli

“Punctured, utterly deflated, he dropped into a chair and, covering his face with his hands, began to weep. A few minutes later, however, he…

— Aldous Huxley

“[...] Some parts were totally inappropriate. The corded length of his arms. The broad shoulders and chest that stretched and molded the fabric. The…

— Jennifer Probst

“Feeling quiet and empty, he told himself that he would be all right tomorrow. He would forgive himself the weakness of this night, it…

— Ayn Rand

“When the body, washed and dressed, lay in the coffin on a table, everyone came to take leave of him and they all wept.…

— Leo Tolstoy

“It took this awful situation for us to realize it. Nick and I fit together. I am a little too much, and he is…

— Gillian Flynn

“He was drowned, he used to say, and lying on a cliff with gulls screaming over him. He would look over the edge of…

— Virginia Woolf

I hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as Susan and Lucy were that night; but if you have…

— Anonymous

“I was crying for the little girl I had been, who had withstood terrifying nightmares of death and blood and war and maiming. And…

— Anonymous

“Great sobs choked his utterance. He buried his head in his hands, and his tall frame was convulsed with emotion. I stood at the…

— George Saunders

As soon as he entered his room, he locked the door and knelt down by his bed to say his usual night prayers. Suddenly,different…

— Anonymous