Quote by Ruth Downie Download Open image ““wriggled to avoid the lump that always seemed directly under”” — Ruth Downie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And it turned out to be a 1.7 cm lump. It had maybe been growing there for eight years??” — Teresa Rhyne Copy Share Image
“The sofa was lumpy enough to have had a body sewed into it; stuffing spilled out of the arms where the victim had tried… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know you were such a light-weight. I would have cut you off, Love Lump.” I make a face, digging the bottle from… — Pella Grace Copy Share Image
“Every day it got swept. All of the dirt each piece of dust and even the tiniest bread crumb of secret midnight snacks. It… — Donal O'Callaghan Copy Share Image
“But down deeper, something I'd seen as solid-- not perfect, but solid-- was suddenly crumbling. I felt like I was falling to pieces right… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“All around me the options seemed to be narrowing, as if I were hurtling down a huge black funnel, the whole world squeezing in… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Her wrinkles were like slander. Her voice was akin to a beating with a stick.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She realized the hurt from loss had never completely left. Instead, it had just scabbed over the hole hidden beneath the scar tissue.” — Carla Reighard Copy Share Image
“There were many things a man might think he should be told when a woman agreed to marry him. She had choose not to… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“I seem to remember sitting on a golden bench, and she started chattering about the sunset, or something. She seemed quite happy so I… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she had time… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“...a little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.” — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“Sparrows and pigeons and a blackbird were celebrating the morning in the courtyard.” — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“But she’s only a woman!” The watch captain shook his head again. “So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started.” — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“The Empress Sabina had long ago formed her own theory about the nonsense in travel books. No traveler, having gone to the expense and… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.” — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“But how can an ordinary girl not know this? Had Varana's mother not bothered to teach her anything at all or just shouted complaints… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“He tried the diversion of reciting all the bones in the body, working down the left side, down to the toes and then back… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
“Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
