“The senses have their limits, and we can never know how short they fall in revealing to us the truth of a vision, a scent, a sound.”
― My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
― My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
“Sometimes I hope I’m building up a stockpile of missing laughs, and when I’ve recovered, they’ll all come exploding out in one gigantic fit that lasts twenty-four hours.”
― Finding Audrey
― Finding Audrey
“It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.”
― Cannery Row
― Cannery Row
“I felt like I was being pulled through a dark, dank wardrobe into some boozy Narnia.”
― A Study in Charlotte
― A Study in Charlotte
“Maybe she'd go for a walk, just her and the pink switchblade. They were a good pair. Both incapable of opening up without cutting someone.”
― The Dream Thieves
― The Dream Thieves
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