Books Quote by Emma Clayton

“Books, she thought, grew of themselves. She never had time to read them. Alas! even the books that had been given her, and inscribed…

— Virginia Woolf

“The last thing Helen thought before she drifted off after him was that she’d slept on a beach like this before with another boy.…

— Josephine Angelini

“Though the cottage was quiet, Helen sensed the change before she was even fully awake. It was like standing in a clearing and knowing…

— Corinne Beenfield

“Helen had known that it would be a one-night stand, but she wanted her virginity finished with...”

— Kathryn Morgan Parry

“I am not a terribly physical person. Helen wasn't either. We'd never hugged or even shaken hands, so it was odd to find myself…

— David Sedaris

“Helen looked up at Paris, her face wet with tears and blotchy with grief, and nodded her consent. 'Together we are chained on rocks…

— Janell Rhiannon

“Helen ran down a flight of stairs at the back of the house and into the garden. In the darkness she stopped and stood…

— Sherwood Anderson

“Helen worked in her back garden, planting her tulip and crocus bulbs. Her irritation with the world had dampened into a cushion of soft…

— Elizabeth Strout

“Perhaps it was Helen's way of falling in love--a curious way to Margaret, whose agony and whose contempt of Henry were yet imprinted with…

— E.M. Forster

“Hoped if she kept the dream hidden and frozen She soon would forget that she'd never been chosen. But dreams screams as loud whether…

— David Rakoff

“She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be good and…

— Sarah Mayberry

“Oh, Helen, I don't want to.' 'Then don't,' said Helen. 'Ah, but I do want to, too.' 'Then do,' said she. 'But don't you…

— E. Nesbit