Whitney Winker

“Ah," she cried, "you look so cool."

Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort she glanced down at the table.

You always look so cool," she repeated.

She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Since we more commonly begin that history with the Revolution, events taking place before the Revolution are invested with an archaic quality usually associated with antiquity.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

“A man can't be angry at his own time without suffering some damage.”
― Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities: Volume I