"And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King ... See MoreSee Less

"Eight shillings for a bed and eightpence for a glass of sherry pointed to one of the most expensive hotels."
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle ... See MoreSee Less

“Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea ... See MoreSee Less

“It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.”
― Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla ... See MoreSee Less

"I began to recognise our own pretty and familiar architecture, the thousands hand ran back to the starting-point, the night and day flapped slower and slower."
- The Time Machine, H. G. Wells ... See MoreSee Less

"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
- Franz Kafka ... See MoreSee Less

"...like wandering shadows that could have acquired substance only by consenting to root themselves in the solid earth of their distress."
- Albert Camus, The Plague ... See MoreSee Less

“Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician.”
― Orville Wright ... See MoreSee Less

"There is no problem on earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."
- Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey ... See MoreSee Less

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“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.”
― Emily Dickinson ... See MoreSee Less

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"We saw it in all its grandeur, perched a thousand feet on the summit of a sheer precipice, and with seemingly a great gap between it and the steep of the adjacent mountain on any side."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula ... See MoreSee Less

“I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords ... See MoreSee Less

"There is much to be said for cherry blossoms, but they seem so flighty. They are so quick to run off and leave you."
- Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji ... See MoreSee Less