Books Quote by Michael Cunningham

“She had never been out of England before, she would rather die than trust herself friendless in a foreign country, and so forth. She…

— H.G. Wells

“She was a woman of combined beauty and quiet strength. No wonder he had fallen in love with her so many years ago. No…

— Christy English

“She was a stubborn English lass, but he was a clever Scot.”

— Victoria Roberts

“...being daunted by her father in every intellectual attempt, she read every book that came in her way, almost with as much delight as…

— Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters

“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“The books are hard. But the more she asked, the more the children gave. And, though they never saw her, there were thousands who…

— Parents' National Education Union

“No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past…

— Kien Nguyen

“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his…

— Vita Sackville-West

She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have…

— Sri Aurobindo

“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a…

— Emily Maguire

“She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.”

— Wendy Wax

“She fascinated me almost as much as he did, because, after all, she was his beloved, and I studied her carefully for clues to…

— Siri Hustvedt