Quote by Ian McEwan

“You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.” her mother told her, then she kissed her forehead and mumbled how…

— Basma Salem

“and left no doubt that Cecilia had done violence to herself.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Cecilia listened carefully. There it was: a low rasp of breath, in and out. With all the snoring around them she hadn't noticed it…

— Brian Falkner

“Halfway back up the hillside, Cecilia reached behind her, and it seemed the most natural thing in the world for Brian to lean forward…

— T. Davis Bunn

“I found Burns, absorbed, silent, abstracted from all around her by the companionship of a book, which she read by the dim glare of…

— Charlotte Bronte

“Priscilla watched her husband as he slowly drifted into sleep, and once he was asleep, she took hold of his hand and put it…

— Edward P. Jones

“I blinked at her. My shades were down and the hall was dark and to me, half-drugged and reeling, she seemed not at all…

— Donna Tartt

“Initially, a simple phrase chased round and round in Cecilia's thoughts: Of course, of course. How had she not seen it? Everything was explained.…

— Ian McEwan

“She read all sorts of things: travels, and sermons, and old magazines. Nothing was so dull that she couldn't get through with it. Anything…

— Susan Coolidge

“But she loved studying and books, the way other people love wine for its power to make you forget. What else did she have?…

— Irène Némirovsky

“it was her company he desired. He wanted to put his arms around her and to sit in silence, staring into the fire, drinking…

— Paulo Coelho

“she sipped tea and surrendered her afternoon to reading about the flora of Cairn Ocland. She wanted something to discuss with the man of…

— Vivienne Savage