Coin Quote by Patricia A. McKillip

“The letter came at a time in his life when the battle inside his soul could have tipped either way.”

— Lora Leigh

“He had always prided himself on his ability to bargain, to bluff, to contain his ever-aching heart within the folds of his robes where…

— V.S. Carnes

“Here were these two, bandying little phrases, drawing purses, looking at cards, and both unconscious of how inarticulate all their real feelings were. Neither…

— Theodore Dreiser

“He left soon afterwards, leaving her alone in the dark room, illuminated time to time by shocking leaps of heat lightning, and she thought,…

— Truman Capote

“What she'd done was give him a glimpse of something that scared the bejesus out of him, something never meant for men like him…

— Ellen O'Connell

“...probably by that time he had learned that there were three things and no more: breathing, pleasure, darkness; and without money there could be…

— William Faulkner

“He knew he would have to believe in order to go where she had been; knew that, if he believed, he could go there…

— John Crowley

“A wicked idea crept into his mind. She was a temptation- a temptation aimed at his one weakness. He'd walked alone for so long.…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“He withdrew then, leaving [him] standing in the bloody morning sunlight, leaving him all alone at the heart of his fortress, for the second…

— Scott Lynch

“He was desperate for her to see inside, to look past all the layers of darkness and find that part of him she’d touched.…

— Christine Feehan

“He had known at the bottom of his heart that he would see her here today. But to keep his thoughts free, he had…

— Leo Tolstoy

“But you have no house and no courtyard to your no-house, he thought. You have no family but a brother who goes to battle…

— Ernest Hemingway