Quote by Diana Gabaldon Download Open image ““Woodbine took the note away, revealing the paper beneath:”” — Diana Gabaldon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He gazed intently at a sheet of paper, breath suspended, a word on the quivering point of his pen poised and waiting to fall. Monoliths of books and manuscripts rose around him. All were crammed with words; words packed as solidly as bricks in a wall. Armies of them; marching on from one page to the next without pause. He… — Patricia McKillip Copy Share
“The brown and charred rags that hung from the sides of it, I presently recognized as the decaying vestiges of books. They had long… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Knowing, above all, that I would come looking, and find what he had left for me, all that remained of The Jungle Book in the pocket of his doctor’s coat, that folder-up, yellowed page torn from the back of the book, with a bristle of thick, coarse hairs clenced inside. Galina, says my grandfather’s handwriting, above and below a child’s… — Téa Obreht Copy Share
The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it. When we ask for a scrap of paper for the most trivial use, it may have the confessions of Augustine or the sonnets of Shakespeare, and we not observe it. The student kindles his fire, the editor packs… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share
“The paper detritus that she had somewhere read, or had heard it said, trails armies, or was it (she had seen a photograph) the… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, and old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“All I had to do was open a book - to see the stories bleeding from page to page. To see the memories etched… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“A book unopened alters not the ink on its pages. What is there is there.” — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“He took a sheet of paper out of a desk drawer. But what would he write? The day’s work had hardly involved more than… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Now, paper and pencils," said Miss Marcy, clapping her hands. Writing paper is scarce in this house, and I had no intention of tearing sheets out of this exercise book, which is a superb sixpenny one the Vicar gave me. In the end, Miss Marcy took the middle pages out of her library record, which gave us a pleasant feeling… — Dodie Smith Copy Share
Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog biscuits and go… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“It was…hard. I didna call out, or let them see I was scairt, but I couldna keep my feet. Halfway through it, I fell… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“We are bound,you and I, and nothing on this earth shall part me from you."One large hand rose to stroke my hair. "D'ye mind… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“My Da says you’re never drunk, so long as ye can hold on to the floor.” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
