Hands Quote by Elizabeth Kostova

“He said nothing; there was no expression on his face at all. His eyelids were hooded, and I could almost feel the way he…

— Alexandra Bracken

“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank…

— Steve Martin

“...he looked so strange and absentminded; quite obviously he had just been reading a book, one could tell that from the expression in his…

— Jens Peter Jacobsen

“He didn't finish most of the stories he started anymore, couldn't bear to. He felt weak at the thought of reading another story about…

— Joe Hill

“Ah! whatever you may say, it’s good to be alive all the same, my dear Amédée!” And then, abruptly, the memory of his dead…

— Marcel Proust

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in…

— Patrick Süskind

“With his finger curled under his lip, his elbow on the arm of the couch, he merely studied me as I recounted the memories,…

— Anne Rice

He put the book down. “As you wish.” He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting him to pass, but suddenly…

— Ilona Andrews

“He felt soothed and happy, as if some gentle and invisible hand had removed from his soul the burden of his body.”

— Jose Conrad

“To his dismay, it sounded as out of place in this somber laboratory as the book looked out of place, and he found himself…

— Laini Taylor

“Thus ran his thoughts; he wanted to go to bed, but he felt loath to tear himself away from the book.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He collected the stories of people like himself, mostly keeping silent and listening. He slowly discovered that the stories were similar, that there was…

— Paolo Giordano