Kindlehighlight Quote by Deborah Grace Staley

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

— Elizabeth Strout

“She squeezed her eyes shut. “No.” “Excuse me?” She sniffed, opened her eyes then looked up. “No. I don’t wish you to leave.” His…

— Cari Silverwood

“So when she tried to leave, I grabbed her hand and asked her to stay.”

— Monica Murphy

“Unease stole through her, and she shivered. Now that the moment had arrived, she was nervous. Damn it, this never happens in my fantasies.”

— Amanda Usen

“There was no escape for her. No relief. She had exhausted all possibilities and all her hope was gone, washed away...”

— Tonya Hurley

“Her skin retained a faint warmth, but it was already fading away.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Of late, she had felt coldness in herself, and though she feared it, she loved it too, for it made her strong.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“She had preferred being on the plane, detached from the earth, the illusion of sitting still.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“His arms banded about her so tightly that she felt nothing could break his hold. It calmed something in her that had been trembling…

— meredith duran

“... the vacuum left by the departing visitor seemed to echo along the hallway and into the walls. It was at those times, when…

— Jacqueline Winspear

“Maybe,” she said. He tried not to bristle. But there was something settled about her now—as if some invisible tension in her face had…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Lucy shivered and went on again. 'This is an adventure,' she thought. 'You can't have an adventure if you stop in the middle.”

— Marian Cockrell