First-light Quote by Michelle Frost

“Idrith didn’t want to go back to his cold lonely room, with all its unanswered questions. He took the glass and sat down.”

— Michelle Frost

“Thus ran his thoughts; he wanted to go to bed, but he felt loath to tear himself away from the book.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He chuckled and glanced up the stairs, to the patio and the ballroom doors beyond. He should be back inside already. But here he…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I listened intently. He chose to skim past the parts that would put his ridiculous worries to rest, and I chose to snatch the…

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“and he glanced at the backs of the books, with an awakened curiosity that went below the binding. No one who can read, ever…

— Charles Dickens

“He dressed quickly in silence, refusing her tissues. He shakily pulled a wad of uncounted notes from his wallet, abandoned them in the no…

— Darren White

“The room was large, and largely empty. The pace would pick up later in the evening. For now, the action comprised just a few…

— Barry Eisler

“A hint of annoyance hardened Sicarius’s dark eyes, and Books imagined him thinking, I can’t leave for five minutes without you getting into trouble…”

— Lindsay Buroker

“Elliot finished his book in bed and pondered going to get another one. He only had so much time left, and he had so…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“Perhaps if you hadn’t been reading all night, you wouldn’t be so exhausted,” snapped the young man seated across from her. She ignored him…

— Sarah J. Maas

“And yet, in books were comfort and diversion; and they were wanted!”

— John Galsworthy

“But I wouldn’t sit in my room, couldn’t allow myself to mourn and mope and weep and sleep. So I would venture out, even…

— Sarah J. Maas