I'm not a big fan of purple prose. I'd never heard of it til just now but I can already think of some examples: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Tortorus description; I couldn't even get past the first few pages.
Meshugenah says to (18:12:36):
Kat's my new favorite. other than Sachi.
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
