Sometimes his deafness felt like drowning. He could save himself if he knew what words to use, if he dared put his feelings into sign. If they were alone together, Amanda might figure it all out herself, but not here, never here.

[Tell Me How the Wind Sounds; Leslie Davis Guccione; 1989]

It was as if being with her pulled him closer to everything he'd missed. Deafness was like swimming under water and Amanda Alden was there, on the surface.

[Tell Me How the Wind Sounds; Leslie Davis Guccione; 1989]

He isn't handicapped.  He just can't hear  [ ... ]

[Tell Me How the Wind Sounds; Leslie Davis Guccione; 1989]

She looked much better than the last time he'd seen her, but the sadness in her eyes was unmistakable. She was doing her best to look bored, but he knew better.

[Tell Me How the Wind Sounds; Leslie Davis Guccione; 1989]

The earl's nostrils flared. Quite remarkably really, for the man resembled a horse to the point that Lucien was surprised no one had offered to halter the fellow.

[Seduced; Pamela Britton; 2003]

I've always thought you shouldn't judge other women by a previous lover's cover.

[spoken by John Thorsen in Seduced; Pamela Britton; 2003]

I do wish this cravat looked more full. If that poor sod Brummell were still around, he would be aghast at the state of it. It's as floppy as a fisher wife's breasts.

[spoken by Lord Lucien St. Aubyn, Duke of Ravenwood, in Seduced; Pamela Britton; 2003]

By God, she was full of surprises. If he hadn't been married to her, he would have found himself liking her.

[Seduced; Pamela Britton; 2003]

I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?

[spoken by Nathaniel Eaton in The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Elizabeth George Speare; 1958]

Kit gave her yarn an impatient jerk that sent the ball bouncing across the floor. Too tardily William bent to catch it and had to get heavily down on his knees to retrieve it from under the settle. Now some men, Kit reflected, could pick up a ball of yarn without looking ridiculous.

[The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Elizabeth George Speare; 1958]