Nature Quote by Marcel Proust

“He looked like a man who was turning into paper, folding himself into origami angles, fragile and friable and prone to crumple.”

— Alex Beecroft

“His [Morel's] nature was really like a sheet of paper that has been folded so often in every direction that it is impossible to…

— Marcel Proust

“I thought I was taking a boring piece of paper and making it look cool, when in fact, I was taking something cool and…

— Gordon Jack

“He didn't understand what happened to him. He felt like a piece of paper that had once had coherent writing on it but had…

— Jonathan Franzen

“some crooked things looked even worse when straightened. Some tangled knots only made sense once unraveled.”

— Hugh Howey

“He had forgotten how convincing the world could look, how sure of itself: its outlines and edges; it's gradations, recessions, protrusions; it's startling and…

— Gregory Maguire

“ . . . he thought how easy it would be to simply kick his typewriter onto the floor and smash it to pieces…

— Bodie Thoene

“He turned the pages in steady progression, though now and then he would seem to linger upon one page, one line, perhaps one word.…

— William Faulkner

“His soul's fabric was weaving itself with mine. I loved the frayed ends where it came unraveled, and I loved the strength at its…

— Jeri Smith-Ready

“He felt the journal in his pocket. It was like a pair of glasses that he had worn for a time, enabling him to…

— Rebecca Rash

“Ironing's nice and simple,' he said. 'I get all tangled up in words when I'm putting together those interminable papers....”

— Angela Carter

“The paper was folded twice without a speck on it and bore a note in his handwriting: I cannot go on any longer. I…

— Per Petterson