"Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is ..."
- Robin Hobb
"Her honey-coloured hair fell in heavy wavesbelow her shoulders and as she stared up at him her eyes, clear, speckled amber, seemed to tilt at the corners; her brows were black and swept up in arcs, an..."
- Kathleen Winsor
"A hoverfly is held in a sunbeam, an insect in amber."
- Rob Cowen
"Three children lay on the rocks at the water's edge.A dark-haired girl, two boys, slightly older.This image is caught forever in my memory, like some fragile creature preserved in amber."
- Juliet Marillier
"Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a hummingbird, an intangible, ephemeral blur."
- Mira Bartok
"Without asking, he moved behind her and brushed her hair over her shoulder. Drawing the necklace around her neck, he fastened the clasp. The amber felt cool against her sweltering skin. Lifting it, sh..."
- Amber Argyle
"Some changes occur suddenly like a brilliant flash of lightning striking across a dark sky. These changes are stunning, exciting but can be quickly forgotten. Other changes happen slowly, gradually, l..."
- Suzi Davis
"Sacred space in whichTo distil, like amber,The best of your love."
- Scott Hastie
"Around them there was nothing but silence, as if all the world were holding its breath."
- Philip Pullman
"The light is amber, the air still; the daylilies have folded in on themselves. Soon, the hooded blue of dusk will fall, followed by the darkness of night and the sky writing of the stars, indecipherab..."
- Elizabeth Berg