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“Is Heathcliff not here?’ she demanded, pulling off her gloves, and displaying fingers wonderfully whitened with doing nothing and staying indoors.”

— Emily Brontë

“Cathy was fourteen when she entered high school. She had always been precious to her parents, but with her entrance into the rarities of…

— John Steinbeck

“When she thought of how Lord Northcliff was ruining the life of a poor, sweet, old lady, she wanted to shriek with frustration. She…

— Christina Dodd

“Thomas stood in the doorway like a chunk of useless iron, unable to take his gaze off the two women until they entered the…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“I threatened to gouge one of his eyes out." Cathy”

— Dennis Kelly

“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too. He found that he had started to…

— John Steinbeck

“You mind Ralph," she called back to Bubber. "Mind the gnats don't sit on his eyelids.”

— Carson McCullers

“Okay. Let's see..." She considered her past, and then smiled wryly and shook her head. "Well, I was a perfume maker, Amaone, concubine, a…

— Lynsay Sands

“[Morgan] raised her arms to protect herself, wincing in pain but keeping her eyes squeezed shut...Somewhere nearby, she could hear someone whimpering, and she…

— Shanon Mayer

“They could read it on each other, their faces wrinkled pages. Words hiding in the folds of their clothes. She was made of letters…

— Brian Francis Slattery

“The tiny princess glanced up with a shy smile. “Boyth, all,” she said, in a small, lisping voice. Morgan’s”

— Diana Wynne Jones

“she sipped tea and surrendered her afternoon to reading about the flora of Cairn Ocland. She wanted something to discuss with the man of…

— Vivienne Savage