April Martinez

“The hot smell from the pine-needles and from the cushions of wild thyme that padded the spaces between the rocks, and sometimes a smell of pure honey from a clump of warm irises up behind them in the sun, puffed across their faces. Very soon Mrs. Wilkins took her shoes and stockings off, and let her feet hang in the water. After watching her a minute Mrs. Arbuthnot did the same. Their happiness was then complete.”
― Elizabeth von Arnim, The Enchanted April

“She frowned. “Stop smoldering at me like that.” Now he was the one who frowned”
― India Holton, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

“Abruptly”
― India Holton, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

“You mustn't say things like that to me," she said. "I'll say anything you like; or nothing. I won't open my mouth unless you tell me to. What harm can it do to anybody? All I want is to listen to you,”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence