Banging Quote by Maureen Johnson

“When he has disappeared, Mother clears her throat. I don't turn around and look at her in the rocking chair. I don't want her…

— Kathyrn Stockett

“Sometimes Stuart seems like an irritable fisherman. He bobs about, on the disruption of his life, a small, unsteady figure, fishing for order. Then…

— Alexander Masters

“Michael had to clutch the end of the table to keep from rising. He could have had Shakespeare at his side to translate, and…

— Julia Quinn

“And you, Lord Bridgerton," she replied in a tone that could have frozen champagne, "are almost as handsome as your brother." Colin snorted again,…

— Julia Quinn

“I think the word despair is much too small to encompass the magnitude of all it defines. For me, right then, despair meant that…

— Shana Abe

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

— Chinua Achebe

Stuart, who had just witnessed me go through an entire rainbow of emotions and experiences. There was parents-have-just-been-jailed me, stuck-in-a-strange-town me, insane-and-can't-shut-up me, kind-of-snarky-to-the-strange-guy-trying-to-be-helpful…

— Maureen Johnson

“You're not going to see any former suitors in Forest Crest, are you?" An impish twinkle appeared in her eyes. "No, Mr. Morgan, I…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Ian, about Elizabeth Cameron. Her duenna said some things-“ That alarmingly pleasant yet distant smile returned to Ian’s face. “I’ll spare you further conversation,…

— Judith McNaught

“Simon, mark well my words! Wives are the devil ­ and I know!' `In truth,' Alan sighed, `I am the only wise one amongst…

— Georgette Heyer

“May knew John had a very bad tendency, when things got unusually difficult, to sink with an almost sensuous pleasure into a warm bath…

— Donald E. Westlake

“When Sterling’s eyesight did finally fail him completely, we were up in years, content to sit in our garden and reflect on what a…

— Lorraine Heath