Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“It is not as if it is tales out of Boccaccio.' She laughs. 'They could tell Boccaccio a tale, those sinners at Wolf Hall.”

— Hilary Mantel

“He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave…

— Edward Lewis Wallant

“I have told the story of the great plague-summer; as an artist I could have wished that there had been more structure and design…

— Kenneth Patchen

“In his mind, the business of existence was about minimizing consequences. The plague had raised the stakes, but he had been in training for…

— Colson Whitehead

“Oh dear. I do believe this is self-pity. I am imagining myself dramatically dead, tragically taken from you and even more lamentably forgotten. What…

— Iain Banks

“Bubonic plague is 'natural,' I snapped back. Doesn't mean it's good for you.”

— Rosamund Lupton

“He comes with those in his employ, to watch, gathering evidence and confession. His success speaks of a countryside rife with evil, an intemperate…

— Becky Wright

“Excuse me,' I said. 'I've just remembered something.' It was true. What I'd remembered was this: While I was not in the least afraid…

— Alan Bradley

“The four of them stared at me. Half an hour ago we were strangers and I was beating the crap out of them; now…

— Jonathan Maberry

“I was on a lit path, a raging firestorm for him – all of him. My body ached for it. I had found the…

— Carlyle Labuschagne

“III. Hippocrates having cured many sicknesses, fell sick himself and died.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“I have a sickness doctors can't cure, Inexorably pulling me to the well of my destruction, Consented to be a sacrifice, killed for her…

— Ibn Hazm