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Everything that ever happened to me that was important happened in the desert. — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
I think novelists are in the education business, really, but they're not teaching you times tables, they are teaching yo — Martin Amis
Because we want to know things, how the pieces fit. Talkers seduce, words direct us into corners. We want more than anyt — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, — Ralph Ellison, The Collected Essays
A mysterious ability, a broken promise, a life changed forever... — Kim Hornsby, The Dream Jumper's Promise
...you mean you don't fit characters into a plot? excatly... — John Geddes
And she did what nobody thought of doing... she consulted Anne. — Jane Austen
Once a sarriyal, always a sarriyal, she thought. — Sara Naveed, Undying Affinity
Sqwaak!" from Fletcher, the environmental crime fighting parrot in The Big Belch graphic novel by Kay Wood. — Kay Wood
The punter sweated on top of Marina, his lips all over her young body, his tongue slipping out from rows of crooked teet — Tom Conrad
She came downstairs like a doe stepping into a clearing on the first day of hunting season. I felt like a coward. I was — Candice Raquel Lee, The Innocent: A Myth
Social class. Class remains our national awkward topic, usually mumbled over in academic diversity workshops; indeed, mo — Maureen Corrigan, So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
Nowdays, Rosie the Rivetere was a former soccer mom who had just opened her own catering business when Last Night came d — Colson Whitehead, Zone One
People recover differently. Some change cities, some fall in love and some begin writing. — Kanza Javed, Ashes, Wine and Dust
A fictionalised memoir of my father would be a failure as a novel. — Richard Flanagan