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“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room…

— Karen Witemeyer

“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold -…

— Howard Carter

“At work, cubicle three in the ladies’ cloakroom had become my retreat. There, I could hide away and silently sob whenever I needed to.…

— Angie Langley

“He must have pressed the wrong button, or several of them, for when the door fretted open he found himself deep underground, with no…

— Douglas Woolf

“He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“He reached into the grate, picked out a couple of scraps, smoothed them out, leaning close to the flickering light. He was curious to…

— Philip Sington

“He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He gasped aloud with the wonder of it.”

— Kate DiCamillo

“I saw him freeing me from the silences of the interior life.”

— Olivia Laing

“It felt good to stand out from the world, just mysterious and pious. You weren't a lantern under any basquet. You stood out righteous…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I was standing on the highest point of the downed building we used for a barrier. I waved at them, my bracelets jangling. They…

— James Cox

“Something inside his chest unlocked--wildly, slowly, a peculiar sort of melting. He was lost. He was the thorn and the thistle, blown upon her…

— Shana Abé