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“Let’s go to town,” Jo said. “Take me to eat dinner at the hotel.” I sucked in a breath and stared at her for…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over…

— L.M. Montgomery

“Just before he passed behind the hedge at the end of the drive, he turned to look back at Stoke Morrow and caught me…

— Adam McOmber

“For a moment I held her hand in mine and felt her warm, dry pressure. Then I went out to get the rum. The…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“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

“I left the apartment without even bothering to close the door behind me. Once outside, I faced a world of buildings and faces that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Eh, I've always rather enjoyed being fashionably late." I picked up the violin case for Melanie, giving her an hug before clambering off the…

— Allison Pang

“She was about to laugh at the selfishness of her reaction, but she was distracted by the cool evening air when she stepped outside,…

— Tom Perrotta

“We aren’t so hard to understand. Just shut up, look pretty and do as we tell you. After that everything will go swimmingly,” Judy…

— K.F. Breene

“Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me, her head on my shoulder, and…

— Katie McGarry

“Isa let her sewing drop. The great hooded chairs had become enormous. And Giles too. And Isa too against the window. The window was…

— Virginia Woolf

“And she leaves. She opens the door and, without a backward glance, goes out and shuts the door. I stand at the window and…

— Haruki Murakami