Quote by William Shakespeare

“As she read on, her surroundings gradually faded, and soon there lay about her only the mists of dream; the purple, star-strown mists beyond…

— H.P. Lovecraft Poetry and The Gods

“Like a beautiful flower, Brightly colored but lacking scent, So are well-spoken words Fruitless when not carried out.”

— Anonymous

“It seemed as if the colours of the real world around me had begun to drain away from my having done nothing more than…

— Haruki Murakami

“Colors blind the eye Sounds deafen the ear. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the heart.”

— Lao Tzu

“...she sometimes felt so alone she worried she might vanish like the ink in an overused book. But here, with wildlife all around her…

— Emma Törzs

“Storms. How did you describe taste? "It's like color.. you see with your mouth." [Shallan] grimaced.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Then came the first hint of fog, all silver and gold, and then more and more, turning grey and blue. Fog like that was…

— Chiara Kilian

“Still immersed in his dream, he drank down the tepid tea. It tasted bitter. Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff.”

— Yukio Mishima

“So clear that you could see every delicate vein in the lacquered new leaves; so soft that you felt the air on newly bared…

— Anne Rivers Siddons

“The colors were brighter, the air was fresher, and the flowers more beautiful than any that the teens had ever seen.”

— J.L. Marrain

“Before dinner I had tea with Mrs. Visser. Her conversation is even more tepid than her tea.”

— Hendrik Groen

“Her eyes were green, and they were warm and liquid with some kind of deep, dreamy satisfaction. There was sparkle, muted, like winking sunlight…

— Lee Child