Pouring rain Quote by Jaclyn Moriarty

“The room was so unearthly quiet, I lost all sense of time being divided into seconds. I felt that I was the only person…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“Nah, I shook my head, things that come out of nowhere go back to nowhere, that’s all. We fell silent again. The thing we…

— Haruki Murakami

“What occurred did so because I was open to it, and not because fate and I met at a certain angle. I had plenty…

— Rachel Kushner

“A gentle silence descended on them, suggestive of the flow of time.”

— Haruki Murakami

“As it was, nothing happened except the two of us watching the sea come in and go out again, listening to the birds, sheltering…

— Meg Rosoff

“Days passed in a grey fog. I was becalmed. Without energy, without hope, with no sight of land, I could remember feeling better but…

— Alexis Hall

“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it. … The silence seemed to be trying to tell him…

— Haruki Murakami

“We were once again wrapped in our silence, which used to be so comforting. On the inside, a storm was swirling, uncovering memories and…

— Rebecca Donovan

“There's a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true but you haven't told anyone yet. Of all things,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“I did feel a 'something', like a catch in the silence at the moment of creation.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“oh, that was a terrible time for me, I can tell you. I kept the blinds drawn down over both my windows. When I…

— Henrik Ibsen

“It was the time of year when the atmosphere streamed with unexpected hints and memories, and a paradoxical sense of renewal.”

— Alan Hollinghurst