Quote by Kelly Barnhill

“Did she look different? She felt different, as if she had traveled a thousand miles and a hundred lifetimes in a few short minutes.”

— Jennifer Beckstrand

“Katarina shrugged, for want of something better to say. It just seemed so…so dull. They had done it all before, knew the routine, and…

— Emily E.K. Murdoch

“The years stretched before her, a long and dusty way, yet if she could walk humbly along it she might find that life, unfolding…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult…

— Lauren Oliver

“And then it was all happening, what had started to happen at least twice before. Feelings so sweet and strong she could hardly bear…

— L.J. Smith

“She would have an adventure. For herself. This one time. She would see her homeland, and smell it and breathe it in. See it…

— Sarah J. Maas

“It had been so long since she had felt anything.”

— Montgomery Mahaffey

“She thought about how this summer was small. On the ground, it felt huge, but really, it was just a moment in a series…

— Hailey Abbott

“She had longed for adventure, and now that it was happening to her, she was not sure how she felt about it.”

— Theodora Goss

“It was cold, wet . . . overall pretty traumatic . . . but . . . such is the life of the adventurer.”

— Luke Pearson

“It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The…

— Wilkie Collins

“Now that he was near her, this sighing of the human skin took on a dreamlike quality like the spell of the mountains.”

— Yasunari Kawabata