Which one keeps calling?

Jane Eyre

He names her his 'better self' and says their lives are fused in a solemn, binding passion.

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

He begs a black, hooded head to speak—what buried human truths does that calm, sphinx-like face hold beneath the sea?

Shakespeare's Sonnets

When you're down and mocked by the world, why does the memory of one love lift you from the mud to sing at heaven's gate?

Pride and Prejudice

I love him—she replies through tears, pleading that his pride is not what others claim.

The Count of Monte Cristo

I must hasten the marriage, for I have but a short time to live.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

William is dead — that sweet child has been murdered; who could have taken him?

The Odyssey

He lied: 'My name is Noman'—how can becoming nobody become the cleverest way to survive?

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A wager can loosen a tongue more surely than a direct question—why does the lure of a bet reveal what people refuse to say?

The Odyssey

A single flower made men forget home—what did the lotus take from them that only force could recover?

Pride and Prejudice

They both changed colour the moment the stranger appeared—what secret made that meeting so electric?

The Republic

Give a people's protector a mob and a knack for false accusations—who among his kinsmen will be the first to vanish?

Little Women

You must hear me—'we've got to have it out'—what secret conversation is urgent enough to flush him and change everything?

Shakespeare's Sonnets

See me as late autumn: bare boughs and a fire burned low — why does the knowledge of endings make love burn stronger?

Leaves of Grass

A coffin threads through lantern-lit streets and tolling bells—here, amid the procession, I lay down my sprig of lilac.

The Art of War

A mountain ahead, a river behind, no retreat—what choice remains when every exit is a trap?