Quote by Ted Chiang

“He asked them to close their eyes, and hoped their mouths would follow suit.” p. 137”

— Anthony Marra

“He studied her lips like they were a riddle he desperately needed to solve.”

— Amber Argyle

“Another nagging little question lodged like a bit of grapeshot in his chest. It was nothing major, but the place where he stored them…

— John Darnielle

“Around them there was nothing but silence, as if all the world were holding its breath.”

— Philip Pullman

“An explanation.” Sicarius regarded her intently. “Clarify the situation with the emperor. I could not understand the incoherent jumble you spit out before falling…

— Lindsay Buroker

“holes. Only their heads showed as they nervously”

— Adam Makos

“He expelled a long breath, smiled slightly as if in memory. “I heard them in their room. She said she was a bit tired,…

— Meljean Brook

“Maybe there was something safe in the not knowing, something that made it feel like all the mundane questions you were usually required to…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“There was a lot under those words. I'd go digging for it later.”

— Sarah Zettel

“And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?”

— Michael Herr

“How long do we wait?” “Long as it takes,” he said distractedly because she was sucking the salt off her thumb. Then she sucked…

— Jill Shalvis

“Her smile was genuine-looking and later he would mull her question over and over in his head until it mushroomed into something larger.”

— Anthony Doerr