War Quote by Elizabeth Goudge

“Definitely not a Gertrude.”

— Robert Liparulo

“Dorothy wants to talk to you. Don't ask her to eat with us." When Nora returned from the telephone she had a look in…

— Dashiell Hammett

“Hers was an evil-sounding chuckle that Anna loved. The sort of chortle Dorothy might have heard shortly before all hell broke loose in the…

— Nevada Barr

“Izzy was sitting cross-legged on the couch, a paper-back book in her hands. She didn’t look up when we came in, and I wondered…

— Rachel Hawkins

“Deborah felt his erection against her stomach and smiled up at him. She grabbed hold of his bum and moved him gently from side…

— Melvin Burgess

“Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was…

— Rick Riordan

“It had been an attack, of sorts, and people did fight who lived in castles like these. Not with fists and feet and claws,…

— Leah Cypess

“She wasn't talking, though; she hung back, her eyes on the books all around her. I saw her face then, and I recognized something…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“Isabel was a surprise. There were depths to her he wanted to understand, and maybe, just maybe, she would let him. She was skittish,…

— Susan Wiggs

“Briefly everything was stopped, as if a hand had reached out and paused the world in its turning. She stood by the cooker now…

— Niall Williams

“How far away?” Her blue-and-gold eyes flickered. “I’d travel until I found a place where they’d never heard of Adarlan. If such a place…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I could see that Isabel listened to him with growing exasperation. Larry had no notion that he was driving a dagger in her heart…

— W. Somerset Maugham