Novel Quotes

In the temple, I sit on the cool floor next to Grandfather, beneath the stern benevolence of the goddess's glance. Grandfather is clad in only a traditional silk dhoti--no fancy modern clothes for him. That's one of the things I admire about him, how he is always unapologetically, uncompromisingly himself. His spine is erect and impatient; white hairs blaze across his chest.

~ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Just do it. Now.

~ M. Yeats

Is there a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?

~ Estelle Maskame

It's gonna take me a lot longer than a year without you to get over you.

~ Estelle Maskame

It was supposed to be us against the world, Tyler and me versus everyone else. Now it's just me.

~ Estelle Maskame

There are demons within. And they're the deadliest kind.

~ Karren Renz Seña

A normal life? Now that’s the real fairytale. From UNDER MY SKIN

~ Judith Graves

Speak up and speak clearly. I want to hear what you have to say because it matters. Let's listen to each other and respect one another's opinions. Although, they may be different, wisdom allows us to be responsible for our own feelings and actions.

~ Felicia Johnson

It must take a lot of self-discipline,' she said.'Oh, I don't know. I don't have much.' He felt himself about to say again, and unable to resist saying, that 'Dumas, I think it was Dumas, some terrifically prolific Frenchman, said that writing novels is a simple matter - if you write one page a day, you'll write one novel a year, two pages a day, two novels a year, three pages, three novels, and so on. And how long does it take to cover a page with writing? Twenty minutes? An hour? So you see. Very easy really.''I don't know,' she said, laughing. 'I can't even bring myself to write a letter.''Oh, now that's hard.'(Novelty)

~ John Crowley

I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.

~ E.a. Bucchianeri

As I build sentences, I roll them sometimes on my mouth to taste them as I write them. I have this emptying of the mind and the focusing on that single thing, that infinitesimal moment and there is perfection, you know, as if I exist fully in that nanosecond of emotion.

~ Trinity Jones

An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author, you have to learn your craft, know each and every element to become that character you’re writing about to be able to live and breathe what they do.

~ Mischa Temaul

My vengeance was of a different kind. It bore no offense and no ill towards injustice. It had no emotion. Blood and Death. That's all it was. - Celeste- ALL LIGHT WILL FALL

~ Almney King

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Just because something isn’t good doesn’t mean it’s bad.

~ Rebecca Mcnutt

She was magic, a direct light—the kind that seeps through in places that didn’t exist inside him anymore. The light he thought he lost forever, but Nick realized we don’t lose the light, we absorb it, and with Olivia he wanted to absorb every small speck of it.

~ Maria La Serra

I had never had a big opinion for myself. I had always thought I'd be a fuck up, that I'd be disappointed like always by life and people. But at this very moment, I knew it. I wasn't a good man, not well-adjusted. —Nolan

~ Stephanie Witter

Believe me, I knew you enjoyed it without voicing it that way. It was like your body screamed for me to take you. All too true, but I didn't like it to be told aloud. I arched an eyebrow, something I couldn't do when sober. I'm pretty sure if I put a hand on your crotch, you're sporting a boner. It works both ways.

~ Stephanie Witter

Ethan: “I’m not asking you to continue that night.”Karis: “Then what are you asking?”Ethan: “For a whole new night.

~ Monique Devere

Then what’s this?” She raised her glass of expensive wine, used it to indicate their plush surroundings.His gaze followed her indication around the dim-lit, upmarket Italian restaurant. “Dinner in comfort.”“With a side order of persuasion?”“More like an offer I’m hoping you can’t refuse.

~ Monique Devere

Focus. She’s Maddie. Your friend. Would you eyeball Keith or Dane’s butt like that? ~ Zach

~ Monique Devere

Whatever it was that came over him that night pulled a cord—her laugh, or her surprise gasp slipping out to think he’d do something so bold.

~ Mary J. Mccoy-Dressel

One day someone is going to read my autobiography and say “Wow, what a horror novel

~ M.f. Moonzajer

We are born. We die. Somewhere in between we live. And how we live is up to us. That’s it.

~ Steven Ramirez

What I learned in this tragedy was the eternal lesson of good people going bad.

~ Steven Ramirez

I thought if I loved you enough I could change you. I was so stupid.

~ Steven Ramirez

This place is Hell’s waiting room.

~ Steven Ramirez

There’s no better way for a woman to punish a man than to make him sleep away from her.

~ Steven Ramirez

People talk about survival. What they mean is killing the other guy.

~ Steven Ramirez

I like to think she hates my guts a little less every hour.

~ Steven Ramirez

If you’d saved the girl, you’d be a hero. Next time.

~ Steven Ramirez

I wanted to see the bullet coming, wanted to know the exact moment of my death.

~ Steven Ramirez

‘There’s no time for right or wrong,’ I said.

~ Steven Ramirez

You shouldn’t have done that, Dave.

~ Steven Ramirez

She played me with a bad hand, and I fell for it every time.

~ Steven Ramirez

Remember. Observe, assess and act. No hesitation. No remorse.

~ Steven Ramirez

I turned to her, my whole body hard with tiredness and regret.

~ Steven Ramirez

There’s nothing worse than delivering bad news to women. I hoped I wouldn’t get good at it.

~ Steven Ramirez

She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil.

~ Steven Ramirez

The people inside the gym didn’t stand a dead drunk’s chance.

~ Steven Ramirez