"Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"There: soft fingers on vibrating steel, and a chord, shimmered into the air, nebulous and milky, like light from an old, old star. A voice: warm and low and gentle, a voice to cast spells, charm snakes, shape the course of dreams." - Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
"It's impossible to get that angry unless you're capable of loving deeply..." -Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
"She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
Mary Oliver, from “We Should Be Well Prepared”, Red Bird
"The heat of the sun rested on me like a blanket of molten gold." - Luna McNamara, Psyche and Eros
"He pours for me. The coffee is hot and thick and biting. Nearly deadly. Delicious." - Rebecca Serle, One Italian Summer
“‘What if we go on … only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us?’
…
‘Then it is not the end.’”
— Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)
"We're still friends. I just can't trust her or tell her anything important." - Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer