First-sentence Quote by Italo Calvino

“That was awe on my sister's face. Utter awe at the castle in the clouds, at the verdant countryside rippling away far below, speckled…

— Sarah J. Maas

“However strong you may think yourself, you cannot enter the Mansions by your own efforts: God, the Lord of the Castle Himself, must admit…

— Padma Aon Prakasha

“There was no castle. You were simply listening to a record. A needle, swaying lightly on a black frozen pond, Led the voices of…

— Czesław Miłosz

“And now you have a small map of the princess's heart (hatred, sorrow, kindness, empathy), the heart that she carried down inside her as…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Many Castles On My Travels i have been A guest in Many castles Yet the Monument Which i Find Divine Is the oasis Where…

— Silent Lotus

“People from all over the world have passed through this village. They come in search of new things, but when they leave, they are…

— Anonymous

“Now and then they would tell old legends and fairy tales about the castle, the way people always do about old castles. But they…

— Mechthild Gläser

“He’d imprisoned himself in this castle to rot. He’d cut off all contact with the outside world. And just when he thought he’d burned…

— Tessa Dare

“It was all the answer Rook needed. He plunged his hand into the soil, long fingers grasping down. This was no offering to the…

— Margaret Rogerson

“One day he lost sight of his retinue in a great forest. These forests are very useful in delivering princes from their courtiers, like…

— George MacDonald

“Even though this princess loved the oak and the castle and her mother, the queen, she tired of the beautiful swamp, of her surroundings.…

— Sara Stark

“Sometimes, on days when the weather was beyond redemption, mere residence in the house, situated in the midst of a steady and continuous rain,…

— Marcel Proust