Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“For Celia, her whole surround was animate, and each tapioca lump had a dense, nauseating little soul.”

— Lionel Shriver

“For me, reading that scene never fails to bring on a brief, scalding instant of recognition in recalling exactly what it was like to…

— Wendy McClure

“And this about-to-see-God stuff? Total buzz kill, and not because he was religious in the human way or jel that she was having a…

— J.R. Ward

“The roles could have easily been reversed. I wondered how God had chosen me to be born into such luxury when this little girl…

— Katie J. Davis

“Perhaps the old lady had kidnapped Michela, had found her in the park and taken her away, because she had a violent desire for…

— Paolo Giordano

“It made her question why human beings always appeared to be coming along so nicely as a whole when the bottom would fall out…

— Eve Babitz

“...I overheard Dorothy talking to Mr Montrose and she was telling Mr Montrose that she thought that I would be great in the movies…

— Anita Loos

“She could not understand why this world, which was so full of beauty and wonder, had to also be so full of horrors.”

— Jeanne DuPrau

“As I watched her, I understood why a mother would starve herself to feed a baby; how there was always time and room for…

— Jodi Picoult

“Mary was fond of her own thoughts, and could amuse herself well sitting in twilight with her hands in her lap; for, having early…

— George Eliot

“She wasn’t the kind of woman to give herself easily. But she’d never known a man or vampire like him. He always got what…

— Juliette Cross

“She wished she could pitch a tent among the stars and wait for God. That way she'd be even closer to hearing the answers…

— Robin Schwarz