Books Quote by Michael Cunningham

“That she held herself well was true; and had nice hands and feet; and dressed well, considering that she spent little. But often now…

— Virginia Woolf

“It's a simple domestic tale, about a girl who has problems getting married, and how she deals with her relations and friends. Miss Dalrymple…

— Margaret Westhaven

“Mrs. Dalloway raised her hand to her eyes, and, as the maid shut the door to, and she heard the swish of Lucy's skirts,…

— Virginia Woolf

“Yet there was something else, something different about her this time, like a room where someone has thrown out all the flowers while you…

— Herman Koch

“For the first time, I smelled her. I can't describe the smell. Flowery, yet somehow musty, like a beautiful woman with the soul of…

— Caris O'Malley

“The secrets inside her mind are like flowers in a garden at nighttime, filling the darkness with perfume.”

— Fumiko Enchi

“She's reading in bed when I enter but quickly hides the cover when she sees me, as if I don't already know about her…

— Michelle Krys

“She set her book carefully down, dog-earing a corner of her page with love.”

— Sandhya Menon

“She had the oddest sense of being herself invisible; unseen; unknown; there being no more marrying, no more having of children now, but only…

— Virginia Woolf

“We are also creatures of romance. Books love to portray us as the mysterious visitor in the night that you invite into your bedroom…

— Isabelle Rowan

“...I reach for the book on my nightstand instead. Immersed in the story of a guy and a girl so entwined, so perfectly made…

— Alyson Noel

“This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book after another. When she had read every…

— Roald Dahl