Quotes about Literary fiction

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It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside. — Cole Alpaugh
It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast. — Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium
Question: You’re 21-years-old, a young adult writing mature adult literary fiction. Imaj: Yes, I feel creativity is an a — Imaj, Harlow
All I want is to sleep--to dream. Life is better in dreams. — Christina Westover, Poisoning Sylvie
Kiana loved birds," Breena told him late one dusky evening. "When she was just a few summers old, she would run beneath — Elizabeth Wilson, House of the Dead
School children, who have enjoyed reading a romance or a detective thriller or a novel about terror and conquest, make t — Anuradha Bhattacharyya, One Word
After everything is said and done, a memory remains a treacherous thing…How long does one cling on to the people they’ve — Kanza Javed, Ashes, Wine and Dust
She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center of — Jess C. Scott, Jack in the Box
Write for joy. It is the *only* reason to write. Whatever happens to your books afterward, just write for joy. Send your — Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic
As the flesh gets in the way of our ideals, we regulate ourselves unto enslavement and inhumanity.The human spirit then — Earl Warhus, Buddha's Cross
All that is gold does not glitter.Not all those who wander are lost:The old that is strong does not wither.Deep roots ar — J.R.R. Tolkien
From the moment any of us utter our first goo-goo's and ga-ga's, we are as good as gone. At that precise instant, any po — Donald Jeffries, The Unreals
The problem with a lot of people who read only literary fiction is that they assume fantasy is just books about orcs and — Patrick Rothfuss
With more time spent in their mother's presence, Maggie kept topics of conversation to small stuff, seldom ever wanted t — Justin Bog, Hark: A Christmas Collection
Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there. — Bernie Mcgill, The Butterfly Cabinet
After all, she knows how painful it can be not to follow your heart and she knows about the obstacles and about loyalty — Claire Dyer, The Perfect Affair
THE NEXT DAY WAS RAIN-SOAKED and smelled of thick sweet caramel, warm coconut and ginger. A nearby bakery fanned its dai — Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen
You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you’re unclean, shameful, indecent; it’s like you owe the wo — Asaad Almohammad, An Ishmael of Syria
The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no — Asaad Almohammad, An Ishmael of Syria
One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you fall. Rather th — David Burr Gerrard, The Epiphany Machine