emma grace

“‎"The incapacity of sound sleep denotes a mind sorely wounded.”
― Charles Brockden Brown

“...raised herself on one round elbow and looked out on a tiny river like a gleaming blue snake winding itself around a purple hill. Right below the house was a field white as snow with daisies, and the shadow of the huge maple tree that bent over the little house fell lacily across it. Far beyond it were the white crests of Four Winds Harbour and a long range of sun-washed dunes and red cliffs.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Road to Yesterday

“And then Patrick started running after the sunset. And Sam immediately followed him. And I saw them in silhouette. Running after the sun. Then, I started running.
And everything was as good as it could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There were letters for her at the bureau-one from her brother, full of athletics and biology; one from her mother, delightful as only mother's letters could be. She had read in it of the crocuses which had been bought for yellow and were coming up puce, of the new parlour-maid, who had watered the ferns with essence of lemonade...”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View