Front door Quote by Thomas Hardy

“And perhaps one day, in after years, someone would wander there and listen to the silence, as she had done, and catch the whisper…

— Daphne du Maurier

“She now lost every expectation of pleasure. They were confined for the evening at different tables, and she had nothing to hope, but that…

— Jane Austen

“And just like a midsummer nights breeze, she ran away, into the moonlight, a fox, proud and strong. The lone wolf walked away, saddened…

— Jason Winchester

“What he felt, though, was the echo of her flesh, and the reverberations of their farewell, with all its doubts and pleasures.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“It was a strange room, the door hanging off its hinges, and yet a telephone. But its last occupant was a harlot, long past…

— Samuel Beckett

“He left soon afterwards, leaving her alone in the dark room, illuminated time to time by shocking leaps of heat lightning, and she thought,…

— Truman Capote

“He went to stand next to the bed and even though the room was unlit, he could make out, faintly, her slight form beneath…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“There was silence, which was not broken until Arthur had stood for some time at the window with his back towards them, and until…

— Charles Dickens

“And yet he had taken her to that inn wanting to soothe himself with feminine compassion and warmth. Her very silence and self-possession had…

— Mary Balogh

“He took her hand in his, both clasped on the table, and between them silence grew, an ancient silence that they both knew. She…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“She knew she'd wounded him when he'd least expected it, and her satisfaction lasted until the door had closed behind him. Once he was…

— Sharon Kay Penman

“And then they were at Tristran's old home, where his sister waited for him, and there was a steaming breakfast on the stove and…

— Neil Gaiman