Quote by Susanna Clarke

“Lascelles threw himself into the carriage, snorting with laughter and saying that he had never in his life heard of anything so ridiculous and…

— Susanna Clarke

“Because lascivious or venal lips had murmured the same words to him, he now had little belief in their sincerity when he heard them…

— gustave flaubert

“He noticed, without understanding, how the flames were visible now against the dull light. Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the…

— William Golding

“Nothing could do that to them, that's what they used to whisper as they sat on the back stairs, in the dark and the…

— Alice Hoffman

“And I knew, as I had always known but somehow forgotten to remember in these past years, that I could never have done it,…

— Melanie Benjamin

“Great events, but it all seemed of small importance compared to what happened now, in this room. Who knew? The course of his life…

— Joe Abercrombie

“I lived in an enclave in which our oldest had seen twenty-five years. His face was withered, and his fingers shook when he attempted…

— Ann Aguirre

“So I often saw my father writing under the lamp, scratching his head to find something to write about, even telling her that the…

— Richard Llewellyn

“They also knew that the most frightening Talent was that which required no fanfare at all, that which slipped unnoticed to lie beside you…

— Jaida Jones

“A whispering breeze sliced through Thomas as his gaze followed their waning figures. His heart shrunk with every advancing step Eliza took. Thomas kept…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himself well enough to be perfectly certain that he was not a…

— Neil Gaiman

“He did not seem to know enough about the people in his novel. They did not seem to trust him. They were all named,…

— James Baldwin