Beneath the surface Quote by Frances Hardinge

“We'd pass icebergs floating in the middle of the ocean. They were gigantic, with strange formations carved into them. They were so haunting and…

— Maria Semple

“Somehow, irresistibly, the prime thing was: nothing mattered. Life in the end seemed a prank of such size you could only stand off at…

— Ray Bradbury

“Until yesterday Mosca had been trapped between two rivers, desperate to get out before winter arrived. Toll had looked like her only means of…

— Frances Hardinge

“struck by the pain of the ice and the rage of the water below that was forced to make room for the huge piece…

— Garth Stein

“Irrationally, Mosca felt she should have inherited her father’s intimate knowledge of Mandelion. His throwaway comments about the city should have magically meshed in…

— Frances Hardinge

“She hunkered down, stared across the horizon. Felt the vast cold world spread out all around her and was reassured by the impersonality of…

— Ellen Airgood

“Then, slowly, it filled her. An urge, like none she had ever known, rose out of her depths, grew in her throat, and burst…

— Jean M. Auel

“But then suddenly there was no place higher to go. I felt my cracked lips stretch into a painful grin. I was on top…

— Jon Krakauer

“It was snowing when I got off the bus at Flax Hill. Not quite regular snowfall, not exactly a blizzard. This is how it…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“I am an iceberg drifting toward the edge of the map.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“She felt, beneath her feet, the shifting of the planks she'd laid across the quicksand of that other life. She'd thought she could escape…

— Laini Taylor

“All of a sudden we saw a high, round tower in the distance, on a little hill. Father instantly decided that we must explore…

— Dodie Smith