First place Quote by Kim Curran

“she tapped her finger and nothing happened and she thought she had lost her magic, but it had only changed and it took her…

— Brian Andreas

“I felt that she would disappear if I squeezed her hand, So all I could do was gently lay my hand on hers”

— Yuna Takagi

“For her part, she seemed totally unaware of how her eyes could meet mine and turn my tongue to leather in my mouth. No…

— Robin Hobb

“Our fingers unlace so slowly that I am certain some part of me has been left behind on her fingertips.”

— Mary E. Pearson

“More than once I tried stretching my hand out in the dark. My fingers touched nothing. The faint glow remained, just beyond my grasp.”

— Haruki Murakami

“…though he no longer wanted to be a magician, he still had magic in his hands. I knew because when he squeezed mine, the…

— Dinah Jefferies

“She learned to catch a moment in her hand before it flew away and hold it tightly while she had the chance.”

— Beth Moore

“Even now, I hoped he would take my hand, and when he didn't, I felt my empty hand as if it were missing a…

— Jaclyn Dolamore

“She had a way of folding her index finger into his palm, hiding it inside. And he always felt that nothing in the world…

— Fredrik Backman

“I just...I'm really freaked out." Her expression softened and she covered my fingers with her own. "I know. The joking in the face of…

— Rachel Hawkins

“Then I bring my lips very gently to hers and--without biting--let the whole world disappear into the dark magic of her mouth.”

— Lauren McLaughlin

“I’d spent countless hours on the couch in the basement, staring at the ceiling wondering what she was doing. Her laughter, her smile, the…

— Katie McGarry