“Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
“Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“I loved his goatee even more than his mustache. It was so soft and white. I wanted to rub my face in it. I wanted to climb inside it and live there and peek out.”
― Milkweed
― Milkweed
“Then Raya saw Rebecca West, the fourteen-year-old who only saved her own life by testifying against her mother, and then she saw her own face reflected in these girls – a swirl of chance, and life and sorrow.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
“I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me.”
― Three Men in a Boat
― Three Men in a Boat
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