Emma

“Mig watched her father walk away, the red table cloth billowing out behind him. He left his daughter. And, as you already know, he did not look back. Not even once.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“Dust balls lined the steps. A half-eaten sandwich sat atop the landing where someone had felt too sad to finish it.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

“They plunged through heavy walls of sound, mountains of archaic thought, valleys of mood music, bad shoe sessions and footling bats and suddenly heard a girl's voice.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Well, the truth is, vacations are pointless anyway, because you always have to come back, so you might as well save time, skip the middle step, and stay put in the first place.”
― Aimee Bender, An Invisible Sign of My Own