228 Quotes About Beautiful-writing

There was a cheer, and he took his first deep breath for months. He hadn't been aware of breathing shallowly. It had happened gradually; someone had put a penny on his chest every hour since November, and now the weight of thousands of pennies had lifted at once

The supernatural is natural, and wonderment can come from the most mundane movement, like a heartbeat or a glance.

There is no shape to the feeling that has gripped me, no name. Manifested in amorphous sensations and rippling currents – bringing one moment a tear, then a smile; there is no comprehending this wave. A hummingness courses through my mind.

We barely touched, I barely breathed, and time barely moved. Even my heartbeat, which thundered in my ears, seemed to slow down until every. Single. Beat had time to echo into silence before the next one took its place.

. . .She started to feel a bubble of lightness coming up through her ribs. It had been very fragile at first, but she thought now it was made of something stronger than suds. . .(p. 121)

The water in the drains below the cobbles muttered.

So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist - and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish.

He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been so lucky to find her.

I'm already thereTake a look aroundI'm the sunshine in your hairI'm the shadow on the groundI'm the whisper in the windI'm your imaginary friendAnd I know I'm in your prayers