Quotes about The novel

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The novel was born with the Modern Era, which made man, to quote Heidegger, the "only real subject," the ground for ever — Milan Kundera, Encounter
People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature — people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple
All the great novels are about obsession and people who are obsessed. — Marty Rubin
To be fair to them, they were only after something that walled them off from the past and from people in general, not so — Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
If a novel's salient aim is virtue, I want to throw it against the wall. — Cynthia Ozick
Get thee to the novel! - the novel, that word-woven submarine, piloted by intimation and intuition, that will dive you t — Cynthia Ozick, The Din in the Head
Much has been made about the death of the novel and the end of literature as it’s seen to be assailed by technology, by — Richard Flanagan
I swear to Vishnu, if this doesn’t work, I’m going to stab you in the throat with a Pipette. — Kyoko M., Of Cinder and Bone
Those who perpetrate stories must act cruelly. — Johnny Rich, The Human Script
Reading is a bridge from misery to hope. — Rebecca VanDeMark
As thoroughly as mankind has killed God, the reader has despatched the author. — Johnny Rich, The Human Script