“The faded glittering in his eyes is like a falling star on a dull autumn's day.”

“There was no moon but the night sky was a riot of crisp and glittering autumn stars. There were streetlights too and lights on buildings and on bridges which looked like earthbound stars and they glimmered repeated as they were reflected with the city in the night water of the Thames. It’s fairyland thought Richard.”

“There is only darkness, starless and complete. The waves glitter like a million dull knives.”

“Falling into her was like falling into a star, the heat so intense he was consumed in the blink of an eye.”

“The sky on a clear night is a living, pulsating thing. The stars are like musical notes turned to light, and, like notes, they shimmer and swell and fade and fall. The painters have never captured it—but they never will until some painter teaches his colors to dance.”

“Kings are falling like leaves this autumn.”