Charissa Bemo

“The very shapes of the trees were like frozen screams.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“'Paint only what you see,' his hero Millet had admonished.
'Imagination is a burden to a painter,' Auguste Renoir had told him. 'Painters are craftsmen, not storytellers. Paint what you see.'
Ah, but what they hadn't said, hadn't warned him about, was how much you could see.”
― Christopher Moore, Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art

“In the midst of a thick forest, there was a castle that gave shelter to all travelers overtaken by night on their journey: lords and ladies, royalty and their retinue, humble wayfarers.”
― Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies

“Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower