Novel Quotes

Such a distant, forgotten thing, this Light.

~ Brian A. Mcbride

From now until eternity meets its end, you will walk by faith and not by sight.

~ Brian A. Mcbride

The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.

~ Brian A. Mcbride

Am I your weakness?Of course you are.

~ Brian A. Mcbride

War is an infidel; it holds no loyalties, neither to king nor countryman. She is a whore, selling herself to the highest bidder. Victory is bought in blood and steel.

~ Brian A. Mcbride

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to choose between your loved ones, knowing that whatever you decided, you would have to lie to one of them?’‘Yes. More than once.’ Elijah’s words sounded far too cold in the sudden silence. His finely chiselled face tensed up and his eyes grew cold. ‘And before you ask, I chose you every time.

~ A.o. Esther

Death is but a dream and life is merely the daydream of death.

~ Mike Dickenson

Guilt makes people do the weirdest things. It must be awful to have a conscience.

~ Angelika Rust

We are all of the same substance, the same life. Though there are many differences between us, those are merely the shadows that delineate our boundaries. Our light is the same.

~ Sally Wiener Grotta

Describing colors to a blind is what writing is all about.

~ Viraj J. Mahajan

Without needing told, without Jacob's lead, Akando dropped to his knees and lunged into the throne room of Christ.

~ Willowy Whisper

What could there be in this document written by a young girl in 1917?

~ Peter J. Tanous

What to do? Fight it or play along? Was God behind it?

~ Peter J. Tanous

Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything there’s a payment of time or money or soul!

~ Kellyn Roth

Sometimes I think it is my fate to live in the wreckage and confusion of crumbling houses.

~ Abdulrazak Gurnah

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on, then you can write a novel.

~ James M. Cain

A picture's worth a thousand words. But a single word can make you think of over a thousand pictures in your mind, over a thousand moments, a thousand memories.

~ Rebecca Mcnutt

Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.

~ E.a. Bucchianeri

Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. 'Nothing in excess,' professed the ancient Greeks. Why if I spend half the month in healthy scholarship and pleasant sleep, shouldn't I be allowed the other half to howl at the moon and pillage the groins of Europe's great beauties?

~ Roman Payne

Kayla,' I exclaim. 'There may be bad police officers out there, but I can assure you that there will be no harm towards you or anyone else. Like I said before, a policeman's job is to protect people. And if they can't, that's an issue for the officer. But for now, don't worry about it.

~ Simi Sunny

Everything was bright and white, even in the night.

~ Basma Salem

Chief Johnson has full faith on us. Which means if I can complete this task and hunt down the murderer, not only does the chief won't feel any uncertainty on Anthony and I, but the spirits of the victims can move on. It sounds silly to believe that the undead is still around, but it is the truth. And since I have a good heart, I must use it.

~ Simi Sunny

I don’t mind my friends calling me 'Thornes,' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.

~ Simi Sunny

The miraculous power of love has often been underestimated just like we underestimate the power of sleep. Most of the herculean tasks performed by men were possible because they had been deeply in love and had slept well the night before.

~ Vivek Pereira

She had an ability to love that went beyond my ability to grasp the slightest concept of what love was.

~ T.d. Mulhern

Sexual harassment cases are piling up. The whole school’s going love crazy!

~ Veronica Purcell

Mind you, after your silly debutantes have finished their proper posture and walking lessons, tell them it never killed any young lady to remove the book from off the top of her head and open it for a change. Just like I taught you.

~ Gaelen Foley

No man that good-looking could be a bachelor. Life wasn't that kind.

~ Gaelen Foley

Our souls need music, Robert, as our bodies need touch.

~ Gaelen Foley

Love is a struggle, hard to get and hard to leave.

~ Irin Sintriana

Be careful what you tell me. You could end up in my next novel.

~ P.c. Zick

Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’He stopped; he didn’t know what else to say.‘Yeah? Ah, I know the score, Dad. She wants me to be careful, is it?’‘Ah, no. Well, yeah; there’s that, of course. No, she wanted… well, if you’d any questions, youknow?’ I wasn’t sure if he wanted me to say yes, or if he just wanted me to say no, and save himhaving to be awkward. He looked lost. I felt like I wanted to save him‘No, I’ve no questions, Dad. It’s all right, shur.’ He looked at me then. His eyes went wet, likehe was going to start bawling. If we were in a film, he might have hugged me. But we were inLimerick, so he just said:‘Well, so,’ and put his one glove back on.From The Boys of Summer

~ Ciarán West

Mee and Ow sat in the shade of a mango tree and were doing their make-up. Both of them wore gloves that reached all the way up to their elbows, to keep the tropical sun off their skins. They looked briefly at Maier, with the curiosity usually reserved for a passing dog. It was too early for professional enthusiasm.

~ Tom Vater

The big-ass hole, all of the wreckage and mess. I'd done that. Me

~ Kylie Scott

You've got drama too?' 'Doesn't everyone?' 'A side effect of breathing, I guess.

~ Kylie Scott

Don't starve an instinct with a lie on, Never hit or deceive a wounded lion. He heals faster than you can imagine And hurts even more when in famine.

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

You can’t be friends with someone you have feelings for. It’ll just be a constant reminder of what you can’t have. It’s like putting boiling water in an ice cold glass. It’s gonna bust and make a mess.

~ Jaime Reed

The words ‘I love you’ are worthless when you don’t know who the 'I' is in that statement.

~ Jaime Reed

I’d have to prove to everyone, including Ellia, that I was more than some guy she used to know, that what we shared had and still mattered. She may have forgotten the promise we made on the beach, but I hadn’t, and it was up to me to backup those words with action. Memories and ghosts were for the dead. Living things moved, and I was never one to stand still. ~Liam

~ Jaime Reed

She was my go-to person. I’d tell her everything. Now, all of those late-night phone calls, all the sleepovers at her house because I couldn’t deal with stuff at home, all the crying on her shoulder. It’s all gone. It’s like if she doesn’t know, then it didn’t happen, and if it didn’t happen then what exactly am I holding on to?” ~Stacey

~ Jaime Reed