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“Let's see, what've we got for the little girl to eat? Nothing, I hoped, but he brought a tin of Christmas candies, which seemed…

— Munro Alice

“He put his pen in his pocket, then took her hand and held it to his chest for a minute. It was the nicest…

— Rainbow Rowell

“What a gift to have a son.”

— Diane Mott Davidson

“I asked my doctor for the best gift ever: Life. Still, he wouldn’t take one for me.”

— Jarod Kintz

“There was a clunk and the door flew open; the sudden daylight was blinding. The Doctor saw, with delight, his friend, and a familiar…

— Neil Gaiman

“She had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper, but the…

— Rex Stout

“I come bearing gifts in the form of junk food. You’re welcome. I would have brought some drugs, but I’m not a doctor.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The doctor had been dousing her hands with a sort of ointment they use, scented like bad gin. It is a ritual with them.”

— Neal Stephenson

“I got manicure and pedicure supplies, fat ass snacks that are so decadent they’ll wipe out any depressing thought you’ve ever had.” She winked…

— Sherri Desbois

“she counted out five sweets and put them on a saucer. Then she went and put them on the ledge in the cliff to…

— Tove Jansson

“I talked to her just like I talk to a laboring woman. Mothers need to hear them soothing words. They just as important as…

— Hillary Jordan

“She had felt a kind of sadness, looking at the spoons. Spoons that had been lying in their case for perhaps sixty years without…

— John Ajvide Lindqvist