Hand holding Quote by T. Davis Bunn

“Cecilia gasped. Perhaps the forest sensed she was coming. Or maybe it was just a trick of the breeze. But at that moment, two…

— Brian Falkner

“Cecilia knew she could not go on wasting her days in the stews of her untidied room, lying on her bed in a haze…

— Ian McEwan

“She approached Brian slowly at first, and once she gained confidence she still approached him fairly slowly thanks to her unfortunate sluggishness.”

— Glen James Lewis

“and left no doubt that Cecilia had done violence to herself.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Suddenly she grabs a small rock and throws it at me, missing by just a few inches as I turn and hurry after Julie.”

— Amy Cross

“Cecilia listened carefully. There it was: a low rasp of breath, in and out. With all the snoring around them she hadn't noticed it…

— Brian Falkner

“I reached out and, with a small move of my body, did something that would change my life forever. I gently moved Amy aside…

— David Wong

“He raised a brow, and they stood there in silence for a moment, staring each other down. It’d take four steps to reach him.…

— Jennifer Blackwood

“How so many of her needs have been gathering, pebble by pebble, into the mountain that Brian climbs every day.”

— Mary Ann Rivers

“She goes very still and I can count on one hand all the times we’ve been here before, standing at the precipice of almost…

— Kat Kruger

“Beside me, Philippe and Meg hold hands. He murmurs something that sounds like, "my dear leetle mongoose." I wish he'd turn back into a…

— Alex Flinn

“Matt took another sip of his drink. Aha! Julie smiled to herself and kept walking. he did like the Coolatta. Everyone did.”

— Jessica Park