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“When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind."

(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)”
― Anton Chekhov

“Una de las cosas más agradables de la vida: ver cómo se filtra el sol entre las hojas”
― Mario Benedetti

“She saw the skin pull under the driver's ears and knew that he was laughing.”
― Mary Butts, The Complete Stories

“I wanted to say something to make her pain go away and make everything better. But, I realized that there was no answer. Bad things happen to good people. Rain always falls on the people who deserve nothing less than the sun.”
― Mackenzie Herbert, Chasing Trains