Blink Quote by Kristen Ashley

“Her laugh. The way she smoked before she gave up. Smoke trickling up her nostrils. Spokes of smoke when she spoke.”

— Craig Raine

“She reached into an alabaster box and pulled out a violet cigarette that also exactly matched her eyes. Some people just don't know when…

— Gary K. Wolf

“She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.”

— Gillian Flynn

“I looked at her without a word. She held an edge of the beach towel in each hand, pressing the edges against her cheeks.…

— Haruki Murakami

“She put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it, tasting the familiar taste of nicotine, smoke, and impending lung cancer. It felt good.…

— Mike Omer

“cigarettes before climbing out onto the fire escape for her monthly ritual. With a shaky hand, she flicked her lighter to life and lit…

— Jez Strider

“Come over here and light me a cigarette," she'd said. I'd snuck a little inhale, and my mother had smiled. But then she'd said,…

— Elizabeth Berg

“Well, lighten up, eh? World’s ended, honey. Swearing’s legal now. Along with thieving, drinking in public and getting absolutely wasted on coke.” She exhaled…

— Wayne Simmons

The officers saluted as she passed and gravely bowed. They walked back across the courtyard and got into their chairs. She saw Waddington light…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“So we ate some smoke, so what?” “You lost most of your eyebrows.” Stunned, she pressed her fingers above her eyes. “Shit! Why didn’t…

— Nora Roberts

She had wailed loudly enough to wake the dead and make them call the cops.

— Ilona Andrews

“She hoped Smoke was wrong about people being unknowable. She hoped that she could crack herself open like a nut and know herself, at…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell