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“...she stood back and wiped the sweat-sting from her eyes. The air was clean. Her hands brown with dirt. Pride surged through her, raw…

— Anthony Marra

“Her face reflecting the color of her dress, she glowed even in her disappointment… perhaps the way of her defiance to the fate.”

— Madhu Vajpayee

“She felt vaguely upset and unsettled. She was suddenly tired of outworn dreams. And in the garden the petals of the last red rose…

— L.M. Montgomery

“Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces. Each half was glowing, and beating under all that white.”

— Markus Zusak

“Here. After so long waiting. Her purple eyes. Torn cloak. Skin pale, sheer as ice. Exhausted. But unafraid.”

— Edith Pattou

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

— Haruki Murakami

“Although she was no longer weeping and appeared remarkably composed, I knew that behind that facade, someone was breaking inside. Piece by piece, she…

— Shahid Hussain Raja

“What was she left with but ashes and darkness once the light of the flame went out? The smell of smoke lingered like a…

— Eric Overby

“His face burst into a prism of colors and light as her eyes welled with tears and when they fell down her cheeks it…

— Genevieve Dewey

“Turning her face away from him, she let the tears fall at last. They were carried away on the wind as if they'd never…

— Rosalie Lario

“Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.”

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“Now,' [her father] barked. She stiffly followed, still fully dressed in the elaborate navy-and-white gown she had worn all evening. It was hard not…

— Anne Mallory