Which one keeps calling?

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

To stop one heart from breaking—what price would you pay for a single kindness?

Jane Eyre

He says there's a string under his ribs tied to mine—two hundred miles apart, he fears he'll 'bleed inwardly'.

Jane Eyre

I'll tell anyone who asks: you are deceitful—Mrs. Reed, you thrust me into the red-room and locked me up.

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

A fly's uncertain buzz intrudes on the hush at the very moment of death.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Learning to read showed me the pit—and left me without a ladder.

Crime and Punishment

A single, broken confession cuts the room silent—what he admits will change everything.

Crime and Punishment

He calls the pawnbroker a noxious insect and insists killing her was atonement—who sleeps after that claim?

The Republic

Given a ring that makes you invisible, who could still call themselves just?

Pride and Prejudice

No, never—Mr. Darcy is engaged to my daughter; the categorical refusal shuts down any hope in an instant.

Pride and Prejudice

“Interest”—not love—she says, and warns that choosing him will bring censure, slight, and public contempt.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Those white sails were shrouded ghosts, each a reminder of what I could not reach.

Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

Death arrives in a courteous carriage; the journey becomes an unhurried passage toward eternity.

Leaves of Grass

Passing stranger—why does a face you’ve never spoken to feel like someone you once lived with?

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Seeing isn't the same as observing—could you pick out the single clue lurking on the very stairs you climb every day?

The Republic

Chained from childhood to see only shadows—what would break that belief?