Little-dorrit Quote by Dickens, Charles

“She tried to speak; her mouth opened, once, twice, silent, a mermaid washed ashore.”

— Gillian Flynn

“Do I think they found mermaids? Yes. Of course I do. And I think the mermaids ate them all.”

— Mira Grant

“She was like a mermaid enrapturing me the sailor with all her charms!”

— Avijeet Das

“... She was as beautiful and lost as a landlocked mermaid.”

— Emma Straub

“...these were the kind of idiotic words her parents spoke. And they said these the words to each other, even though they were pretending…

— Kate DiCamillo FLORA ULYSSES THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES

“By now Flora was really cross. Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?”

— Stella Gibbons

“All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted at the edge of her senses.”

— Eowyn Ivey

“Once, long ago, I heard the mermaids singing, but I do not think they will sing to me now.”

— Toby R. Beeny

“In truth, nothing was the same. She forgot about the stars… and taking notice of the sea. She was no longer filled with all…

— Oliver Jeffers

“They sat close to each other, and he told her a story about her eyes. They were beautiful dark lakes in which her thoughts…

— Hans Christian Andersen

“I didn't know there were mermaids in the lake.”

— Catherine Knutsson

“I thought a mermaid lived in my shower drain, and I used to call her Sarah and talk to her.”

— Tarryn Fisher