Quote by Jane Austen

“A long moment of silence stretched out between them. Her conversation to this point had mostly been an attempt to distract him while she…

— Kristin Cashore

“But her mind was so busily engaged, that she did not always know when she was silent.”

— Jane Austen

“He leaned in and took her mouth with his, snatching away her words and her protests and whittling the moment down to just them.…

— Cari Quinn

“And suddenly, as if her head had cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Even if they’re only in my…

— Diana Wynne Jones

“While she lay there with these old worn thoughts coming obediently into her mind, called there by habit and the familiar quiet of early…

— Stella Gibbons

“She was more of a business partner to him than anything else. Some of her appreciated that. But rustling yet within her was another…

— Robert James Waller

“She talked to her, listened to her, read to her; and the tranquillity of such evenings, her perfect security in such a tête-à-tête from…

— Jane Austen

“The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and…

— Ellery Queen

“She looked at nobody, but just before she went out, she raised her eyes and took a speedy glance at me. There was something…

— Agatha Christie

“He nudged her with his shoulder but didn’t say anything. They stayed like that for a while, enjoying the silence of being alone and…

— Kimberly Derting

“and it was the pretending that might explain how she could smile so brightly while her mind felt nothing - as if, at these…

— Sue Saliba

“Don't just stand there and nod. The mind observes and cogitates, the heart engages, and I would encourage you to engage with the process.”

— Etienne de L'Amour