Humor Quote by Susanna Clarke

“He muttered something of Mr. Norrell's honest countenance. The York society did not think this very satisfactory (and had they actually been privileged to…

— Susanna Clarke

“He’d wanted to do it this way, little more than an ambush, so his father wouldn’t have time to prepare pretty speeches. He wanted…

— Sarah J. Maas

“As he read he mouthed the words, the way a child reads silently.”

— Renee Carlino

“His eyes narrowed, and I could see the reflexive No in them. I would come to know this type of man, jealous of his…

— Madeline Miller

“No, he hadn't known anything about children, but now he'd learned something: a child's mind is open to everything.”

— Carsten Jensen

“But there were some wounds you could ask an old soldier about and others you had to wait for him to tell.”

— Brian McClellan

“Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his own child.”

— William Shakespeare

“An attack on us was one thing, but the orcs? There were children there.”

— Larry Correia

“Of course the children had exchanged labels with one another the second her back was turned. They were only human, even if they hadn’t…

— Chris Cleave

“They could read it on each other, their faces wrinkled pages. Words hiding in the folds of their clothes. She was made of letters…

— Brian Francis Slattery

“Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of…

— Alice Hoffman

“He was never rash or hurried, but he was always read. It was the secret, no doubt, of the extraordinary political career he threw…

— Ursula K. Le Guin