Quotes about Fiction

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I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are. — Jess C. Scott, The Devilin Fey
Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue). — Jess C. Scott, The Other Side of Life
A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement — Jess C. Scott
The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I — William Goldman, The Princess Bride
Everything I know, I know because of love. — Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the w — John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
We are born to love as we are born to die, and between the heartbeats of those two great mysteries lies all the tangled — Tim Farrington, The Monk Downstairs
On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her return? How could I — Stanisław Lem, Solaris
We all know interspecies romance is weird. — Tim Burton
She puts her hands on either side of my face, and the room falls away. I have never gotten so lost in a kiss before. And — Jodi Picoult
Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend. — Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin
When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always. — Alice Hoffman, The Story Sisters
...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."From Alice Hoffman's "Local G — Alice Hoffman, Local Girls
Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you. — Priya Ardis, My Merlin Awakening
So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of i — Margaret George, The Memoirs of Cleopatra
One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. — Michael Cunningham
There were five others before they got to him. He smiled a little when his turn came. His voice was low, smoky, and dead — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity
I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than m — Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different. — Laurell K. Hamilton, Bullet