Ears Quote by Jonathan Swift

“She loved the way Cyd launched into prayer when an issue arose. Phyllis was more apt to talk it to death. “.”

— Kim Cash Tate

“I would rather you wait till next Sunday" Phyllis politely told her boss, & added with a grin,If you had enjoyed the meal, why…

— Nicholas Chong

Alan: "I had terrible stage fright." Sin: "I'm not familiar with the concept of 'stage fright.'" A: "It's pretty awful. You end up having…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“Oddly enough, it was Prudence he studied beneath his lashes, not MacKay. The words he spoke came straight from his heart. “No. Because she…

— Teresa Medeiros

“no one thought her the least bit unattractive, but at the same time, no one was dazzled by her beauty, stunned into speechlessness by…

— Julia Quinn

“Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby. She would…

— Jane Austen

“Agnes cleared the toques and sequin chains from the kitchen table and set four places for supper. She would have liked for Lydia to…

— Jennifer Egan

Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby. She would…

— Jane Austen

“Though somewhat deaf upon ordinary occasions, her ear for bad news was as sharp as a kite’s scent for carrion; for Dorothy, otherwise an…

— Walter Scott

“Butes also told Phyllis that her virginity had also been offered to Helios & that the fate of the terrible Typhon now hung on…

— Nicholas Chong

“She managed to smile without smiling, her serious face a-shine with pleasure- real pleasure, which was something he recognized only because he'd never seen…

— Laura Kinsale