East Quote by Edith Pattou

“You saw too late. Now you are as she is, bewteen two worlds, warmth bleeding into cold.”

— Elizabeth Lowell

“It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The…

— Wilkie Collins

“Though she could not see his shadowed eyes clearly, she sensed an emptiness in there that matched the controlled composure of his other features.…

— Caragh M. O'Brien

“She was so radiant, it was like the other-light was already on her.”

— Jonathan Stroud

“His allure, as he stood there, his face, even with the red swollen eyes, everything about him was gorgeous.”

— Maryam Schonbeck

“The presence felt like ice on the skin.”

— Becca Fitzpatrick

“There she stood. Dark circles ringed her eyes. Her face was pale, almost snow-white. She probably hadn't slept, either. She was still wearing the…

— Daniel Ehrenhaft

“Now that he was near her, this sighing of the human skin took on a dreamlike quality like the spell of the mountains.”

— Yasunari Kawabata

“You look pretty, as always," he said. Azalea grinned, deciding not to remind him that the last times he had seen her, she had…

— Heather Dixon

“Gone were her fiery orange and resplendent purple. She was dressed in a white long-sleeved chemise, and she was weeping.”

— Diane Setterfield

“First he sees her only in his dreams. Skin as white as moonlight. Eyes like water drowning you. Hair like spider webs. Fairy.”

— Cornelia Funke

“marveling at this boldness and ease in her presence, and not for one second losing sight of her, though he did not look at…

— Leo Tolstoy