Quote by Peter Dickinson

“Victoria pushed it open the rest of the way and stepped inside. She left it open in case she needed to make a quick…

— Claire Legrand

“The box was nearly finished now, she thought, although it moved so quickly, in the padded claws, that it was difficult to see... Abruptly,…

— William Gibson

“Stepping through fields of flowers and taking to her brest buds that had broken and lambs that had fallen; with the stars in her…

— Anonymous

“In a moment the two men were on their bellies, hands bound behind them with Monadnock restraints. Other agents entered the house, searched it…

— Jeffery Deaver

“The girl next door was meowing. What in the world was my neighbor packing to make that happen?”

— Alice Clayton

“spell. Reluctant to stop reading, she closed the book, and then slipped it into her purse so she could pick it up later at…

— C.J. Carmichael

“hands, spine and legs all commandeered for the task. The trapdoor had no choice but to spring open. Kitty ascended to the parapet. It…

— Joseph Caldwell

“A stump loomed in front of them, splitting the path. They drifted apart, their clasped hands rising as it came between them. "Hold on,…

— Brock Cole

“I turned towards the garden when the door had closed on her. Miss Halcombe was standing with her hat in her hand, and her…

— Wilkie Collins

“She sat them down with bottles of water and went to the nearest houses where she had been raiding. She came back with a…

— Meg Elison

“What she really felt like doing was reading. Escaping into the Enchanted Wood, up the Faraway Tree, or with the Famous Five into Smuggler's…

— Kate Morton