Wendi (BrokenBinding)

“She did find that the books displayed prominently in every chamber had been dusted, but the spines were pristine and uncreased. They had the sad, untouched air of literature paraded for display purposes but never actually used. It was profoundly depressing. Wyndham’s”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library

“Just as teardrops, when they are large and round and compassionate, can leave a long strand washed clean of discord, the summer rain as it washes away the motionless dust can bring to a person’s soul something like endless breathing. That is the way a summer rain can take hold in you—like a new heart, beating in time with another’s.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“So much for the element of surprise,” I said. She sniffed. “I’d rather have the element of naked threat any day.”
― Simon R. Green, Agents of Light and Darkness

“I kept expecting the nurses and patients to come suddenly alive, and raise the alarm, or even attack us. Instead, the nurses stood very still, and the patients lay unmoving in their beds, like toys that weren’t currently being played with. A horrible suspicion came over me, that perhaps the whole world was like this, whenever I turned my back . . . By the time we got to the far doors, I was practically running.”
― Simon R. Green, Just Another Judgement Day