Drebbles

“As they walked up the hill, their breaths puffing into the crisp air, Émile glanced at Armand, Henri walking at his side. Did he seem better? Was he getting better? Émile thought so, but he also knew it was the internal injuries that did the most damage. The worst was always hidden.”
― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead

“There are orcs and trolls, there are wargs and werewolves; and there have been and still are many Men, warriors and kings, that walk alive under the Sun, and yet are under his sway. And their number is growing daily.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Much of what she had done, she had been doing for her parents’ happiness.”
― Grace Lewis, Blossoming into Family: Inspirational Amish Romance

“Dinky behind?” Fergie blushed. “Well, as far as I ever noticed, I can’t recall finding her posterior insignificant. I rather recall a certain satisfaction in watching her walk away.”
― R.L. Buck, Death in the Cabbage Patch