Main street Quote by Gabriel García Márquez

“She sees washing lines and women squatting by a stream, and the creaking ropes of a swing beneath a big tree, and a big…

— Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed

“The cautious steps of women when something has happened came downstairs, sending vibrations up the spine of the house. The women came down with…

— Elisabeth Bowen

“Abruptly then it began to rain, I heard the swish of it behind me and turned in time to see it coming fast along…

— John Banville

“The water was everywhere. It was soaking her clothes and in her ears and burning her eyes. It wrapped around her like a cocoon,…

— Jacqueline Green

“She was glad she'd missed the river of corpses that must have filled the city streets during the initial phase of clean-up - wagon…

— Steven Erikson

“It transformed and sharpened everything she saw, smelled, felt. She could hear the ping of water moving through the pipes and smell metal in…

— Dennis Lehane

“Inside my carriage there was mass panic and I was in danger of being trampled, but somebody picked me off the floor, and I…

— Alfred Nestor

“the real estate office across the street—marking the spot. The door to my shop creaked open and a pale female face peeked around the…

— JoAnn Bassett

“I sprinted down the alley, not fast enough to avoid the cold water rolling down my back, with a childlike shriek. I caught his…

— Veronica Roth

“She was sitting on the floor, naked, in a skitter of green bills. Beyond her was the custodian, still simpering in death. She was…

— Elliott Chaze

“Sometimes, in the evenings, a damp, gritty wind blew in the windows from Park Avenue, just as the rush hour traffic was thinning and…

— Donna Tartt

“It was June in Maharashtra, and the monsoon would not come. The whole district lay panting in the heat, the burning sky clapped tight…

— Arinn Dembo