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“Homesickness was an adjustment disorder, that was the long and short of it.”
― Aminatta Forna, Happiness

“Wow, I really like your... um... arm painting!" Rapunzel said to the man in the metal helmet as they squeezed by him. The picture was of a cupcake, with what looked like a whisk and a spoon crossed in front of it. "I love making cupcakes on rainy days when I'm feeling down!"
Of course she couldn't see the expression on his face as he turned to watch her go. And it was very hard to hear him whisper, over the background noise:
"She knows. Finally, someone who gets it....”
― Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

“There had been no noise from any other part of the apartment, but that didn’t exclude the possibility of Paolo’s presence, especially if she had given her soul over to reading. He sometimes told her that Attila could storm through the house and she’d not notice if she were reading. She had most recently disputed this by claiming that it would depend on the book.
Her door was open, so he went in. And found her on the sofa, with Henry James.”
― Donna Leon, Transient Desires