Family Quote by Phaedra Patrick

“She was the beautiful, lethal, insinuating spider he had waited for all his life.”

— Robert Goolrick

“He shushed her, laughing. “I’d like to be that spider, if that woman was you.”

— Brynn Kelly

“Every time she attempted to clean a corner in Hope Canyon, she unearthed a new load of spider webs. If she weren’t careful, she’d…

— Christina Coryell

“The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn’t get mad. She weaves and repairs it.”

— Louise Bourgeois

“She was the beautiful, lethal,insinuating spider he had waited for all his life. She was the final knife in his heart. He opened his…

— Robert Goolrick

“His grip slackened. His last breath rustled her hair. She felt his soul release its hold on the strands of the spiderweb that connected…

— Jimena Novaro

“She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable.”

— Neil Gaiman

“All fine and good,” she whispered, after ensuring they were alone, “but how are we supposed to leave the house? Unlike you, I’m not…

— Zoe Archer

“Maybe she herself is a kind of fatal woman, like Marilyn Monroe in Niagara, with invisible spider webs coming out of her, entangling men…

— Margaret Atwood

“She was afraid, too, frightened of what she found herself becoming. She felt that she was transforming into a malevolent black spider, hunched back…

— Laura Kinsale

“But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shadows,…

— Gustave Flaubert

“She became transparent skin over bones, her eyes drowning in violet wells, her hands damp spider webs.”

— Elena Ferrante