Books Quote by E.B. White

“They were all intensely excited, and all overflowing with noisy expressions of their loyalty to the Law. Yet I felt an absolute assurance in…

— H G Wells

“Each of us promenades his thought, like a monkey on a leash. When you read, you always have to such monkeys: your own and…

— Milorad Pavić

“On this day, no one in the world was murdered. A lion gave birth. Ladybugs lunched on aphids. A girl in love daydreamed all…

— Laini Taylor

“Ellie goes back to the kitchen . . . and screams bloody murder. “Nooooooo!” Adrenaline spikes through me and I dart to the kitchen,…

— Emma Chase

“There was a merciless gnawing in my chest, a queer silent labor was going on in there. I pictured a score of nice teeny-weeny…

— Knut Hamsun

“... a bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me in a…

— James Herriot

“And just then it occurred to him that he was going to die. It came with a rush; not as a rush of water…

— Ernest Hemingway

“When lions fight over a goat, it's usually the hyena that gets away with the prize.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“Tell me, Mr. Bennet, how can we amuse you during your visit? Do you hunt?” Lady Catherine was spooning her turtle soup, blowing delicately…

— Karen V. Wasylowski

“... like a berserk raptor thrown into a nest of hibernating kittens...”

— Iain M. Banks

“He remembered a dog—the only living thing they found in the entire village—curled around the body of a dead child. Caramon stopped to pet…

— Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

“Among the loose animals, the Keeper’s sick camel, a lady of brittle temper, had bobbed her tassels and sunk her yellow teeth three times…

— Dorothy Dunnett