Open space Quote by S.E. Zbasnik

“Once, as I passed by a cottage, there came out a lovely fairy child, with two wondrous toys, one in each hand. The one…

— George MacDonald

“His fingernails and toenails were long and pointed,like little claws. His ears were pointed,too-and pierced with small stone hoops.He had two little hornlike nubs…

— Lauren Kate

“It had grown cold in the night but he was numb with other weathers. An equinox in the heart, ill change, unluck. Suttree held…

— Cormac McCarthy

“dark outline against the mist-smudged streetlights. He paused for a moment, then climbed down the other side, holding on to the top of the…

— Neil Gaiman

“She used to imagine her parents and happy endings she would never have. Now she envisioned torments that were all too real. She pictured…

— Sarah Cross

“Her eyes were deep blue. Long eye lashes guarded them as if they were guarding a treasure of immense value. One could feel the…

— Aporva Kala

“Once, Lacy had been present at the birth of an infant that was missing half its heart. The family had known their child would…

— Jodi Picoult

“She was a tiny, frailly built girl, who gave the appearance of a child masquerading in her mother’s enormous hoop skirts – an illusion…

— Margaret Mitchell

“The little girl’s eyes were squeezed tightly shut and she bore the angry expression unique to babies who had just been wrenched from the…

— Kathryn Hughes

“holding the pan-pipes only just fallen away from the parted lips; saw the splendid curves of the shaggy limbs disposed in majestic ease on…

— Kenneth Grahame

“Then the anguish increased to unendurable massivity and nightmare dimensions, making her scream and vomit. She wanted...to have her dark curls shaved to an…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“The bloody red head emerged. The white sheet turned crimson. The infant sat up. Unfurling soft, white feathered wings, the newborn demigoddess regarded the…

— Georgina Anne Taylor