Quote by Erin Morgenstern

“The tragedy is all right there...in the very beginning when he smiles at her. When she instantly forgets. Forgets how dangerous he is.”

— Anne Eliot

“I had found out in that glittering corridor off the ballroom that being with him could be more painful than being away from him.”

— Dodie Smith

“She watched him a while longer and then shut her eyes again. And even though she knew her hand was tucked beneath her cheek…

— Connie Willis

“We talked of it, of course, but I guess Florence got all she wanted out of one look at a place. She had the…

— Ford Madox Ford

“A gasp caught her attention, followed by a rush of whispers that filled the sudden silence that fell over the room. People stopped talking…

— Kathryn Smith

“he’d uttered his name. And now she understood, he’d been telling her so ever since he’d landed at her feet in the ballroom”

— Tessa Dare

“Then the door opened and she came into the room - and it was as though everything in it suddenly blurred before his eyes.…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She walked a ways down the concourse, and looked back and waved and then turned a corner and was out of sight. I still…

— Robert B. Parker

“He turned and walked across the floor and out. I watched the door close. I listened to his steps going away down the imitation…

— Raymond Chandler

“Great events, but it all seemed of small importance compared to what happened now, in this room. Who knew? The course of his life…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Jackie laid back and eyed her suitcase in the corner of the room. She could leave now if she wanted to…”

— Nako

“His eyes found mine, and for a moment I felt as if all the air in the room had retreated.”

— Barbara A. Shapiro