Contemporary fiction Quote by Jessica Bell

Because sometimes I live in a hurricane of words and not one of them can save me.

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me.

— Isabel Allende

“They listened for a while to the perfect music of the wind and rain and night. To the fire and the simmering kettle.”

— Edward Abbey

“The whistle dropped from the branch's spindly fingers like a black cocoon, a pendulum of secret music; the wind pushed sound soundlessly around.”

— Karen Russell

The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or the gush…

— John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

“Nothing is ever truly set by fate. In one blink, everything changes. Even though it should be a clear, sunny day, the softest whisper…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Even in the middle of a hurricane, the bottom of the sea is calm. As the storm rages and the winds howl, the deep…

— Wayne Muller

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants…

— Norman Mailer

“Irrationality is part of everyday rationale”

— Elif Shafak

“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the one.”

— Jay Fingers

“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.”

— Megan Duke

“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What…

— Venita Ellick