Gouge Quote by Robin McKinley

“as the wind howled on, and the sea leaped, and the ship groaned and dived, and yet steadfastedly shot her red hell further and…

— Herman Melville

“She was a dangerous, dangerous girl. A plague. A Mountain of Adamant who tore the iron from ships, sinking them to their watery graves…

— Renee Ahdieh

“His chest expanded with a rising sense of pride for the young woman who had gone unappreciated by her own people. The Oclanders would…

— Vivienne Savage

“She shuddered. Little frightened her as much as the unholy canines. But she did find it amusing that the souls of evil humans who…

— Larissa Ione

“This was the moment where she would decide her fate. She could choose to become the powerful Arella she saw or she could remain…

— Sarah Elizabeth Petersen

“She did not look her best: so thin, so large-nosed, with that pink-and-white checked duster tied round her head. She felt her disadvantage. But…

— D. H. Lawrence

“It is enough to say that her perception of the endless interest of the place was such as might have been expected in a…

— Henry James

“But [Syd] liked the simple things as much as the fancy stuff. In her view, it was all magnificent because she had an uncanny…

— Jennifer Probst

“...then the rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into that blackness of darkness, seemed the…

— Herman Melville

“Even now, you think only in terms of the game. You are well chosen, little bird. Or are you a stoat?” Madame Spetuna bent…

— Gail Carriger

“To know of the existence of evil, true evil that corrupted the world, had forever altered her heart and mind. If she had chosen…

— Andrea Cremer

“Slowly the shapes around her took on form. Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged…

— George R.R. Martin