“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
Source: The Little Sister
“She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
“She loved the smell of books, the feel of books, the look of them on the shelf.”
Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013) American author and egyptologist
Source: Houses of Stone
“In summer moonlight, she was dangerously, inebriatingly magnified.”
Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.”
Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“Go on, she urged. Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Variant: Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.
Source: Gatsby Girls
Pearl Cleage What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Source: What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day