“Mia is the wind - the hot, dry western wind. And I am gravity.”
― Sophie Hardcastle, quote from Breathing Under Water
“I feel time beginning to slow, until the last of him is grey powder on the sea and time stops altogether.”
― Sophie Hardcastle, quote from Breathing Under Water
“I think of the horizon at midnight, the sky and sea blurring together.”
― Sophie Hardcastle, quote from Breathing Under Water
Sophie Hardcastle
Born place: in Australia
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“It is music that causes the heart to broaden and the listener to grow cold with ecstasy and fright.”
― Carson McCullers, quote from The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
“Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de facto first time. I wanted a better story then: I did it with this boy who i wasn't very into and who had mysterious Gaterade breath; in his room decorated with sports equipment; at least he was nice enough to provide condoms and get his ancient, horny dog to leave us along.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, quote from Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
“His word alone stood between Kahlan and oblivion.”
― Terry Goodkind, quote from Chainfire
“That's the trouble with having the whole world love you. One day, you wake up and it's flirting with your best friend instead. And you don't know what to do. You're thrown.”
― Sophie Kinsella, quote from Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
“You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.”
― Ian McEwan, quote from Saturday
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BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
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