#imagery

But the future lay open, a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities with a small quick heartbeat, delicate and impatient ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#inspirational #pages- #inspirational

John Longridge, the cook at Harley-street, had suffered from low spirits for more than thirty years, and he was quick to welcome Stephen as a newcomer to the freemasonry of melancholy. ↗

— Susanna Clarke

#humor #beauty

There were no stars, or if they were they shone like volcanic glass. ↗

— J.V. Jones

#beauty

The chill, like scurrying spiders, worked deeper into him, weaving webs of ice in the hollows of his bones. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#chilling #imagery #personification #beauty

...his monstrous dreams, peopled by ape-like creatures and by harlots with gleaming jewel eyes.. ↗

— James Joyce

#wonderful-imagery #dreams

I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#always #around #atmosphere #characters #gets

He starts to hum, a haunting melody. No words ride the music, only the familiar notes of a forgotten song. ↗

— A.G. Howard

#beautiful-writing #beauty

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical. ↗

— Mos Def

#economy #effective #ends #entire #i

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#books #broad-mindedness #classic #education #imagery

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#i #i think #imagery #language #make