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“Sadly, all he’d find was a mishmash of files, a couple of jackets, and basic survival gear that consisted mainly of Cheez-Its and an…

— Darynda Jones

“The shirt seemed heavy until he saw there was another shirt inside it, the sleeves carefully worked down inside Jack’s sleeves. It was his…

— Annie Proulx

“His plans never worked out. In time,he found himself graying and wearing looser pants and in a state of weary acceptance, that this was…

— Mitch Albom

“His shaggy homespun overcoat was swinging open, stuffed with long envelopes and periodicals which protruded from the pockets. He looked no older; perhaps a…

— Anthony Powell

“He knew America, and even though he hadn't been there in fifteen years, he knew what its soldiers liked because of what one of…

— David Finkel

“. . . Golden would find himself thinking that if he ever became delusional or foolhardy enough to outfit one of his houses with…

— Brady Udall

“More often than not he wore jeans with at least half a dozen holes, flip-flops that made him look like he was heading to…

— Maya Banks

“He was dropped under a streetlamp, the only person left on the bus. A patch of mauled light. Gritty pavement, scarred with a million…

— Rupert Thomson

“The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.”

— Patrick O'Brian

“Dirty mugs crowded a side table, the recycling bin was overflowing, and stacks of letters stood unopened. It all told a tale of grief…

— Jane Harper

“So he put on the fanciest things in his closet: a stiff and itchy white shirt; a black necktie bound noose-tight; black slacks that…

— Nathan Hill

“Marshall Shafter...kept pasted in his desk drawer a piece of paper he looked at from time to time to remind himself of something. It…

— Jane Jacobs