Humor Quote by Stella Gibbons

Oh, I can never get enough," he said. "Which, incidentally, is what your sister said to me when - " The carriage door flew…

— Cassandra Clare

“We walked into the forests which encircled the town. I have never liked them, their dark throat, their sullen height, their slump-shouldered gloom. But…

— Sonya Hartnett

“Phyrne leaned on the ship's rail, listening to the sea-gulls announcing that land was near, and waited for the first hint of sunrise. She…

— Kerry Greenwood

“She breathed deeply, and for full ten minutes stood there, like a watered plant drawing up the food of its vitality. The scent was…

— John Galsworthy

“Summer was over in twenty minutes that day. Finished. At four o'clock in the afternoon the roses were quiet on their stems, full-blown, fulfilled;…

— Elizabeth Enright

“Rosemary watched as Fig lay down, dutifully letting Bee clumsily climb and trample all over her like an annoying little sister. Cherry looked on…

— Nadia El-Fassi

“My dear, I could hardly keep still in my chair. I wanted to dash out of the house and leap in a taxi and…

— Evelyn Waugh

“As she entered the room, she halted abruptly. "Oh, my," she murmured. Somehow she'd managed to forget there were three men in her home,…

— Karen Marie Moning

“All right, silent dark bear with angry frown, tell me more about your land.” He settled back down, picturing it. “I would tend to…

— Melina Marchetta

“In a drawl so low, it seemed to suspend time, the old man said, "When the last leaf falls from the Widow's Tree this…

— Alex Bledsoe

What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of books, which…

— Libba Bray

“She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and…

— Roman Payne