Dark secrets Quote by Gwenn Wright

“And memories, he knew, were not glass treasures to be kept locked within a box. They were bright ribbons to be hung in the…

— Terry Brooks

“It was Miss Murdstone who was arrived, and a gloomy-looking lady she was; dark, like her brother, whom she greatly resembled in face and…

— Charles Dickens

“He was dirty, his hair unkempt, his clothes stained with blood. Heroes in stories somehow managed to rescue maidens while looking like court dandies.…

— J.V. Jones

“The long, curled hair, the dark head bent so reverently, so innocently before her, implied a pair of the finest legs that a young…

— Virginia Woolf

“On the dresser was a row of blue-and-white jars that weren't very useful for anything. They'd been left to her mother by an elderly…

— terry pratchett

“His thumb stroked over the thin wool of her gown, making promises to what was concealed. She felt his other hand at her back,…

— Meredith Duran

“How explain to him that she, who had been lapped like a lily in folds of paduasoy, had hacked heads off, and lain with…

— Virginia Woolf

“She and her sister were dressed in purple, with gold buckles at their throats by way of brooches, and another gold buckle each at…

— Mervyn Peake

“William's eyes glowed like two amber coals. She met his gaze and flinched. No emotion reflected in the amber, only intelligence, cruel in a…

— Ilona Andrews

“Scattered upon the flimsy dresser scarf were half a dozen hairpins—those discreet, indistinguishable friends of womankind, feminine of gender, infinite of mood and uncommunicative…

— O. Henry

“cupboard. The strange little key, which had been his great-grandmother’s,”

— Lynne Reid Banks

“He was forever dwelling on his failures. He held them up to the light and examined them in minute detail, like necklaces that had…

— Elliott Holt