Descriptive-writing Quote by Victoria Schwab

“It is time to stop standing at the edges of rooms. Hugging the walls. Living in my head. Wishing I had something to say.”

— Shonda Rhimes

“I wear the words To shield me From breaking, And as the quiet night Gives in to despair— I gently let go.”

— Jasmine Miró

“In the smallest room there's a flicker of light. Your steps chase me to here and my hearing follows them like a dog. I…

— Abbas Beydoun

“The silence of the room was shattered with a wail of pain coming from deep within me.”

— Hitomi Kanehara

“Your eyes are wide open. I feel as though I could step inside them and make myself at home.”

— Alyson Richman

“There are sneaking, creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Halls are full of strangers, even when you recognize the faces.”

— Jayme K

“And I wonder what the sound of a heart breaking might be. And I think it might be quiet, unperceptively so, and not dramatic…

— Sarah Winman

“His gaze turns soft, and for a moment, I’m completely swept away with the promise in those eyes. There’s nothing dirty, heated or sinister…

— J. Saman

“sheets, I keep hearing something—or someone—calling, just loud enough to pierce the walls. The voice is surely something more than wind, curling and twisting…

— Victoria Schwab

“They come in injured and mangled, we put them back together, then they stand in my halls making demands. A thankless lot to be…

— Kristen Britain

“You are out of the world’s chatter, its corridor echoes, its muttering. Walking: it hits you at first like an immense breathing in the…

— Frédéric Gros