Soul longings

“First,” I said, “I’m sorry about the other day. I must have had the book open at the wrong place.”
The violet eyes glanced up at me, and then became confused and looked away. “It’s all right,” she said.
“Then you’re not mad at me?”
She shook her head. “Not any more.”
“That’s fine,” I said. “Now we can start even again. Next time I’ll read the instructions on the bottle.”
― Charles Williams

“I just have a feeling," Dortmunder said. "This is turning into one of those dreams where you keep running down the same corridor and you never get anywhere.”
― Donald Westlake

“I returned my attention to my own workout, beginning with military presses, then moving on to shoulder shrugs and lateral raises. I concentrated on steady breathing and careful form, trying to make each repetition identical to the last in motion and power, like cylinders working in an engine. Sweat beaded on my forehead, and the muscles began to ache. It wasn’t a bad pain, though, but one that promised better things ahead.”
― Michael Koryta.

“When I gathered her up and threw her out of my mind there was a little of her left over, the way there is in a room a girl has just walked through.”
― Charles Williams