Childhood Quote by Laura Esquivel

“It became his habit to creep out of bed even before his mother was awake, to slip into his clothes and to go quietly…

— John Steinbeck

“She carried a scabbedover wound on her hip where her mate had bitten her two weeks before somewhere in the mountains of Sonora. He’d…

— Cormac McCarthy

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had…

— D. H. Lawrence

“I would have you beside me,” he told her huskily. “But you promised to take me home.” The stallion nickered and sidestepped, pulling both…

— Catherine Anderson

“The night wind whispered, rattling the bark on the roof. She strained her ears. A footstep? A rustle of leather? She set her rosary…

— Catherine Anderson

“They pulled the wet saddles off the horses and hobbled them and walked off in separate directions through the chaparral to stand spraddle legged…

— Cormac McCarthy

The rhythm of the ride carried them on and on, and she knew that the horse was as eager as she, as much in…

— Georgess McHargue

“She stalked off into the trees, wishing she could just saddle her horse and ride home. She was a good horse, a chestnut mare…

— George R.R. Martin

“A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. "She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. She stamped her little foot…

— Mette Ivie Harrison

“A horse broke through beside her, nearly knocking the mare over. At first Marian thought the horse unmounted, possibly Gisbourne’s, running from the boar,…

— Jennifer Roberson

The horse grunted softly. He had huge teeth, Clary noticed uneasily; each one the size of a Pez dispenser. She imagined those teeth sinking…

— Cassandra Clare

“Among the loose animals, the Keeper’s sick camel, a lady of brittle temper, had bobbed her tassels and sunk her yellow teeth three times…

— Dorothy Dunnett