Debut-novel Quote by Suzanne Palmieri

“She says his eyes address her like the silence of the snow.”

— Ronald H Peat

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“There was a long silence while they sat there staring at each other, a moment that was rudely interrupted by the sound of Max…

— Philip Caveney

“I like awkward moments. They are full of tension and suspense. Anything's possible or, at the very least, they are the source of some…

— Donna Lynn Hope

“So they went running together, silent, toward the vast wastes of snow where no living thing but they two moved under the stars of…

— Clemence Housman

“They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come, while everything else--the cold, and where he'd go…

— Raymond Carver

“It was touching to see them together - it made you laugh in a hushed, fascinated way.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The evening wasn’t cold yet... But the air was turning sharp, with a fall feeling of loneliness coming. Something unaccountable pending in the air.”

— Kent Haruf

“They had become muffled and distant then anyway. This happened in those first days after the wave. I couldn't find their faces, they quivered…

— Sonali Deraniyagala

“For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies.”

— John Williams

“And so we were friends of a sort once more. We began to talk, stiltedly at first, but then with more ease. We had,…

— Elizabeth Newark

“There’s a sweet sound,” he said, slashing at the air. “Flap closer, Snow. I mean to make your feathers fly.”

— George R.R. Martin