Long story Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“In an ideal world, we might have dreamed of a benevolent hand intervening so that one of them tarried a little longer while the…

— Timothée de Fombelle

“He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He…

— Willa Cather

“Now his imagination spun about the hand as about the edge of a vortex; but still he made no effort to draw nearer. He…

— Edith Wharton

“The feeling of intense repulsion, which had begun to oppress and torture his heart while he was on his way to the old woman,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“his soul was sensitive without being enthusiastic: it was too languid to thrill out of self-consciousness into passionate delight; it went on fluttering in…

— George Eliot

“Van sealed the letter, found his Thunderbolt pistol in the place he had visualized, introduced one cartridge into the magazine, and translated it into…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had undergone a deterioration so severe that…

— Thomas Mann

Sounded to me like he had a pretty good idea what he was saying," Van replied, with surprisingly little anger. "It's a pity he…

— Jonathan Franzen

“She promised new, tantalizing diversions. She whispered words of raw, intense pleasure the likes of which he’d never experienced. He was intrigued. She had…

— Sylvain Reynard

“His expression hardened. It was unpleasant to have feelings that he had been at pains to check aroused to no purpose”

— Kōbō Abe

Everything in his life had come down to the sensation of her fingers against his. The person he was, the history he carried within…

— Kate Grenville

“There was an aura about him that was staggering to her, making it difficult to think. It wasn't mere male heat and sensuality. It…

— Kresley Cole