"And She Wondered Why Everything In The World Was A Reminder;Why Passing Through A Doorway Brought Motherly

"And she wondered why everything in the world was a reminder; Why passing through a doorway brought motherly warmth Enveloping all in an embrace, whispering softly, 'Come here, my child, come here.'"

Anonymous

"The Boardwalk lights against the deepening blue sky gained an ideal, starry beauty."

John Knowles, "A Separate Peace"

"And the graphite of the pencil Stained the pages, showed that Yes, Someone's Heart lived Here, bled out on the pages and ran with the rivers."

Anonymous

She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it.

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via wnq-writers)

"We reached the beach in the late afternoon. The tide was high and the surf was heavy. I dived in and rode a couple of waves, but they had reached that stage of power in which you feel the whole strength of the ocean in them."

John Knowles, "A Separate Peace"

It was such a gray and misty day that I could not see the other side of the river.

John Knowles, “A Separate Peace”