Quote by Susanna Clarke

“I shall advise all the good-looking women of my acquaintance not to die”

— Susanna Clarke

“She is staring at me wide-eyed, willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the…

— Lauren Oliver

“she will be a sad replacement of the woman you let slip. nothing she does will excite you and this will break her.”

— Rupi Kaur

“My hand lowers to the small of her back, and I leave her with one last kiss to the forehead that feels more genuine…

— Krista Ritchie

“So pretty with her long hair and bright eyes. And so pure and damaged at the same time, like a priceless vase threaded with…

— Nina Lane

“But you said so yourself,the poor lass will die of it...Do you really want her to die? 'Yes, I'd rather she died than have…

— Émile Zola

“He had to say that the thing he found most attractive about her was that she had tried to kill herself. Now that was…

— Nick Hornby

“She meant absolutely nothing to me. Realizing, suddenly, after so many years, that whatever happens i shall never see her again, I nearly collapsed.…

— Emil M. Cioran

“I wished I had been able to make her look that way, but it is the destiny of a lover to watch unhappiness hardening…

— Graham Greene

“And the strange thing was: I knew that most people didn't see her as I did--if anything, found her a bit odd-looking wth her…

— Donna Tartt

“Eternal woman: even in mourning, you want to make a strike, you want to seduce, you want to arouse interest!”

— Mariama Bâ

“She is tolerable, I suppose, but not handsome enough to tempt our killer.”

— Debbie Cowens