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“She had not the strength to come to life now, in England, so foreign, skies so hostile. She knew she would die like an…

— D H Lawrence

“He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all the things that were there already and let her be fully herself, so…

— Liane Moriarty

“He was seething inside with a new emotion. Nothing seemed very important anymore except the Princess. He was single-minded about her. He was enchanted.…

— Ken Follett

“He was very tall, with long arms and legs that would be gawky and awkward on anyone else, but were graceful and elegant on…

— Donna Kauffman

“When she spoke his name, Beloved, he believed she meant it. He spoke of an adolescence I envied. Pampered, praised, educated . . .…

— Robin Hobb

“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

“His witch had finally arrived. He knew it within his heart and he danced, giddy as a schoolboy on the first day of summer…

— Sapphire Phelan

“She finally guessed that the Englischers didn't live such an exciting life after all. They just wanted to live vicariously through the lives of…

— Sarah Price

“She knew him so well, the amused, detached tone of his voice, the scroll of his ear, his eyes, his bony frame. Someone whom…

— Harriet Evans

“He recognized her immediately when he saw her again. And what he recognized was her energy, which seemed to precede her. As if her…

— Alice Walker

“He was embarrassingly, devastatingly in love with her. She was fresh air and freedom, everything bright, shiny and warm that had ever been in…

— Lauren Gilley

“He imagined that he stood near Emma in a wide land and, humbly and in tears, bent and kissed the elbow of her sleeve.”

— James Joyce