Marrow Sticking Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how…

— Octavia E. Butler

“The world was cruel and sudden. This he knew for sure. Relax for a moment, breathe in the scent of a rose, rest in…

— Kathy Hepinstall

“...I spent the whole morning coiled up in front of the fire, with my hands over it, eating nothing, motionless, just listening to the…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“Our eyes snag, and hold. His are green and yellow, with these razor-sharp flecks of brown. I feel like I've taken a running leap…

— Christina Lauren

“... but there lies a pain and longing in his eyes, a look of horror as he sees a batlike form crawl to its…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just ink and…

— Charlotte Munro

“For some days I haunted the spot where these scenes had taken place, sometimes wishing to see you, sometimes resolved to quit the world…

— Mary Shelley

“and when I took my fingers down, there was the stain of the tears, tinged with mortal blood. And already there was begun in…

— Anne Rice

“The wind has shifted to the East. A storm isn't far off. I can smell the moisture in the air, a fetid, living thing.…

— Libba Bray

“...I thought about how it must feel to lose your life so early. Lose your life, as if you held an egg in your…

— Per Petterson

“Blood began to flow, at first cautiously, as if embarrassed by its appearance; a few thin red lines exploring the gravitational trajectory of its…

— R.D. Ronald

“I often think of myself as a cloud, wandering, drifting in pristine silence. Then suddenly the landscape changes and I am dark, thunderous, unsurmountable,…

— Jaspreet Mann