Quote by Dodie Smith

“You are beautiful, but you are empty," he went on. "One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Around me the beautiful windows, connecting me to other lives and other times, to things done and also deliberately left undone, stood dark. Rose,…

— Kim Edwards

“I found that when my mind started to clear and my thoughts settled, there was a constant flow of information being giving to me…

— Heather Anne Talpa

“Katherine often teases me that I’m missing the need-a-boyfriend gene, but the truth is I just haven’t met anyone who … well, whom I’m…

— E.L. James

“When I lost Rose, I kept going, I still do, but I’ll never be what I was when she was alive. It’ll always feel…

— Lauren DeStefano

Despite her cough, Rose was in unusually good spirits. That was irritating. If I’m to trade my life for Rose’s, I’d appreciate her exhibiting…

— Franny Billingsley

“Promise me this. When you find yourself in need of inspiration, bypass the roses that will clamor aimlessly for attention. And focus on the…

— Alfa H

“Since our separation, although my heart, mind and body were screaming with despair, I’d had to find the strength within myself to still smile…

— Bella Forrest

“And from that moment, I watched her. Watched her with different coloured eyes, until the raging energy that coursed through my body finally revealed…

— Sarah Winman

“Your heart is like a vessel in which different thoughts flow. If you let the fluid of your thoughts settle down, on the upper…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

“My mind is, to use a disgustingly obvious simile, like a wastebasket full of waste paper; bits of hair, and rotting apple cores. I…

— Sylvia Plath

“Rose,sensing her mother's distress..."She did not face me, but I could feel the vibration of tears, a kind of pain hive,rustling inside her.”

— Aimee Bender