Quotes about Contemporary fiction

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My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ran — Sherry Marie Gallagher, Boulder Blues: A Tale of the Colorado Counterculture
It feels like someone is gripping my heart and twisting it. It feels like I can't breathe. I shut my eyes tightly agains — Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris
The damage and destruction from the soft brush of pen on paper, a minuscule twitch of muscles at the end of manicured fi — Jason Greensides, The Distant Sound of Violence
...We were pulling into the next station, when the woman suddenly got to her feet and made a move to squeeze past me. As — A.J. Waines, Girl on a Train
She had been lying there, facedown in the water long before the tide had turned at 3.04 that morning. Her eyes were star — A.J. Waines, The Evil Beneath
The past is always with us. It echoes through every living moment, giving it depth and meaning beyond itself. Sometimes — Trish Feehan
I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?"Cath's eyes settled on his, tentatively, lik — Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen. — Gayle Forman, Just One Day
Dear Diary: I have a confession to make: I’ve become a total idiot over French pastries. They’re my new favorite food. M — Kimberley Montpetit, Paris Cravings
In no mood for one of her silly games, I snatched it off her and scanned the page. It turned out to be a list of names, — Aurelia B. Rowl, Popping the Cherry
Quick, somebody call the caretaker!’ Gemma’s stage voice rang out loud and clear. ‘There’s some trash here that needs to — Aurelia B. Rowl, Popping the Cherry
He watches the shadows cast by her hands as she sorts through their clothes scattered across the floor. The shape of her — Suzanne Alyssa Andrew, Circle of Stones
Could I be jealous of the way he was touching my horse? Yep ... I was. — Carly Kade, In The Reins
You're very different from the man I pictured you to be."I smirk at her, amused. What, so she didn't think I'd be a fuck — Stephanie Witter, We Shouldn't And Yet...
Talk to me. Say something, anything," he pleaded quietly as if he was trying to tame a wild animal."There's nothing to s — Stephanie Witter, Six Years
sametimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
His jaw was clenched. His breathing became labored, like he was carrying something heavy. She watched the muscles in his — Isobel Irons, Wake for Me
I’m really enjoying my solitude after feeling trapped by my family, friends and boyfriend. Just then I feel like making — Anjali Kirpalani, Never Say Never
I waited for her to nod before pacing while I bit my lip. That hurt, so I switched to biting my finger nail. — K.F. Breene, The Council
My mother clutches at the collar of my shirt. I rub her back and feel her tears on my neck. It's been decades since our — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Before We Visit the Goddess