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The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies. — Neil Gaiman, American Gods
Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy. — Truman Capote
Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccess — Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice
... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, — Marcel Proust, Swann's Way
She drinks pints of coffee and writes little observations and ideas for stories with her best fountain pen on the linen- — David Nicholls, One Day
It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her for an impossible amount of time. Lost in my thoughts, lost — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
No one needed to say it, but the room overflowed with that sort of blessing. The combination of loss and abundance. The — Aimee Bender, Willful Creatures
Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job descripti — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents w — Alex Morritt, Lines & Lenses
In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean — C.S. Lewis, Letters to Children
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. — Baltasar Gracián
Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story. Good description is a learned skill,one of the — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
There is little more I can add short of dissecting the man, or going into intimate details such as the modest proportion — Félix J. Palma, The Map of Time
It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we ar — Craig D. Lounsbrough
I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don — Hugh Laurie, The Gun Seller
Mankind has uncovered two extremely efficient theories: one that describes our universe's structure (Einstein's gravity: — Christophe Galfard, The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond
The house is seventies modern with sliding windows, gas-effect and a giant TV in the living room. There are almost no bo — Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders
The only thing that comes close to defining me correctly is my love. — Kamand Kojouri
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his feat — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon