Quote by Thomas Pynchon

“After resting in the cool, shadowy interior for a while, with feelings of both gratitude and distaste, he set off once more, and as…

— W.G. Sebald

“There was a softness around him, and a languor crept upon his limbs. A sense of his own identity came upon him with sudden…

— John Williams

“Again I see him, leaning back in one of the luxurious chairs with which his room was furnished. I see his indolent, athletic figure;…

— E.W. Hornung

“Indeed he had worn that piece of furniture - or symbol of bone-laziness - into such a shape as made the descent of any…

— Mervyn Peake

“The hefty figure of M. de Guermantes was seated beside her, proud and Olympian. One got the impression that the notion of his vast…

— Marcel Proust

“Who could identify fragments 260 of ownerless flesh and bone? The poor man’s flattened carcase would vanish along with his soul.”

— Juvenal

“He lost, for that moment, all the days and dogmas of his past; his concepts, his problems, his pain were wiped out; he knew…

— Ayn Rand

“His brown toes sank into the sixteen thousand dollar Agra rug. His jeans hung like seaweed from the Philippe Starck valet. His stubble scraped…

— Damon Suede

“Though it was dark, I could see how his eyes came alive with enthusiasm and the way he used his hands to illustrate with…

— Juliet Marillier

“When they entered they found, hanging upon the wall, a splendid portrait of their master as they had last seen him, in all the…

— Oscar Wilde

“Tallis with no pedal, Handel with, even the horrible organ piece that had been written for someone with three hands. He had thought it…

— Natasha Pulley

“His soul's fabric was weaving itself with mine. I loved the frayed ends where it came unraveled, and I loved the strength at its…

— Jeri Smith-Ready