Lorraine Seveney

“A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“If the onset of wrinkles in middle age were referred to as laughter lines, then to look at him, Scott thought, Twinkle's life must have been hilarious. He had sharp eyes that often seemed to visually contradict the lack of intelligence that could be derived from listening to him talk. There might not be a lot to respect in Twinkle, but Scott liked him. He just didn't want to end up like him.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Julien cherchait a ne pas s'exagerer cette cinguliere amitie. Il la comparait lui-meme a un commerce arme. Chaque jour en se retrouvant, avant de reprendre le tonpreque intime de la veille, on se demandait presque: Serons-nous aujourd'hui amis ou ennemis?”
― Stendhal, Le Rouge Et Le Noir, Stendhal

“We thread our way through a moving forest of ice-cream cones and crimson thighs.”
― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death