"...and it struck me what a wonderful thing nature is because it knows the value of silence, the innuendos of silence and what they could mean for a word-bound creature such as I was." The Lover of Horses, Tess Gallagher
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"...and it struck me what a wonderful thing nature is because it knows the value of silence, the innuendos of silence and what they could mean for a word-bound creature such as I was." The Lover of Horses, Tess Gallagher
 "He wouldn't look me in the face, stricken as he was by the awful fear that comes with getting hold of something you can't afford to lose." Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, Wells Tower
 "Everywhere she went, rivers parted for her, wars were threatened, suns eclipsed, showers of frogs and footwear were reported in the press and the King of Portugal gave her a skipping rope of egg-shaped pearls, which she banked." Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
 "The first time she entered the trapdoor was hard; yet not so hard as she had feared." The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
 "They have been rehearsing together for a run in Paris and her toes ache from the temporary floor he has installed in the basement." Dancer, Colum McCann
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