Left eye Quote by Grace Paley

“Flowers grow beneath her feet, but she is not dead at all. The years have not diminished the Rice Mother. I see her, fierce…

— Rani Manicka

“That girl whom I never saw save dappled with the shadows of their leaves, was to me herself a plant of local growth, only…

— Marcel Proust

“Dazed, she glanced around; the dark shapes of huge leaves reared above the denser dark of heavy pots, grouped upon a tiled floor. Moonlight…

— Stephanie Laurens

“She gazed across the veranda to a formal garden beyond. An area of green lawn was set up with chairs and tables, while behind…

— Ellen Read

“A simple act of kindness the size of a rice grain can weigh as heavy as a mountain.”

— Feroz Bham

“Heather squinted as Emma passed ahead of them into sunlight. She followed carefully over the threshold and into a vision of green, gold, and…

— S.D. Smith

“Laila remembered how Mammy had dropped to the ground, how she’d screamed, torn at her hair. But Laila couldn’t even manage that. She could…

— Khaled Hosseini

“When she lowered her hands, her reflection shimmered up at her, pale and golden in contrast with the bronzed, dark-haired man next to her.…

— Catherine Anderson

“The roof of the apothecary was an enclosed glass greenhouse, filled with flowers and potted plants and fruit trees that had been hung with…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Diego thought about the night before, about the first breaths of morning chasing them from that old abandoned building, his arms twisted around her…

— Laekan Zea Kemp

“She stopped by an empty field, the soil abandoned, gone to mustard weed and grass. Lush bundles of crimson clover lined the fence. At…

— Rene Denfeld

“He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from…

— Philip Kerr