- All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller
- "We may not deserve it, but we are happy."
- Leaving Tangier by Tahar Ben Jelloun
- "So let us leave, let's sail the seas as long as even the tiniest light still flickers in the soul of a single human being anywhere at all, be it a good soul or some lost soul possessed by evil: we will follow this ultimate flame, however wavering, however faint, for from it will perhaps spring the beauty of this world, the beauty that will bring the world's pain and sorrow to an end."
- Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez
- "We move back and forth, always back and forth."
- The Seas by Samantha Hunt
- "That is how I feel, only there's no ship, just the sea to rescue me."
- North of Dawn by Nuruddin Farah
- ""Because my stepdad used to change his numbers often too.""
- Mother of All Pigs by Malu Halasa
- "Only the most ignorant would choose to be in the town after the first glimmer of light in the east signals the beginning of another hot bothered day."
- The Familiars by Stacey Hall
- "Then I blinked, and it was gone."
- The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza
- "Hauschka, One Wish [Room to Expand] "
- The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago
- "And she ran off and shut herself in her room, where she wept for the rest of the day."
- The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
- "We walk without looking back, because on this journey, all we care about is our destination."
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- "And by his side with his head up in the air and his eyes full of laughter walked as strongly and steadily as any boy in Yorkshire--Master Colin!"
- The April 3rd Incident by Yu Hua
- "She walked toward him in a black dress, a black dress that looked stunning in the bright sunshine."
- The Gates by John Connolly
- "Together, Nurd and Wormwood drove off, the car growing smaller and smaller, disappearing into the distance, until all that was left to indicate that anyone had ever been there was a throne, a scepter, and an old, rusty crown..."
- The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle
- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
- "'But... why do you think you're all here?'"
- A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
- "They no sooner looked but they loved."
- Unnatural Murder: Poison at the Court of James I by Anne Somerset
- "To him this 'grand business' encapsulated its era, and he dubbed it 'the gross production of a then foul state and court, wherein pride, revenge and luxury abounded'."
- Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin
- "We'll see what happens."
- A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea by Don Kulick
- "They enjoin us to stop only taking from them, to stop encouraging and facilitating the dissolution of their cultures and their languages and then withdrawing and abandoning them, leaving them to stagger through the wreckage, and to wonder in bewilderment what in the world it was they gave it all up for."
- The Infernals by John Connolly
- The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
- Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart
- The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry
- "Your choice, Dr Beattie."
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- ""Oh, Constance," I said, "we are so happy.""
- The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- The Cassandra by Sharma Shields
- "I could watch without anyone watching me."
- Dear Mili by Wilhelm Grimm
- "They had fallen happily asleep, and between them lay Saint Joseph's rose in full bloom."
- The Snow Queen by Allison Grace MacDonald
- Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel by Giambattista Basile & Retold by Diane Stanley
- "After that they put away all thought of sorrows past, and made every day a blessing for as long as they lived."
- The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
- "I take Laya's hand and squeeze it, and she squeezes back."
- Snow White: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
- "There was great rejoicing in the hall, and Snow White and the prince lived in the palace and reigned happily over the land for many, many years."
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