

“She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.”
― On the Road
― On the Road

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.”
― The Red Tent
― The Red Tent

“On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the landscapes like strips of matte and glossy ribbon.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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