Quotes about fiction-novel
J.C. Joranco - Halfway to Nowhere
It was the sunlight coming through the window that woke Alex up mother nature's own alarm clock rudely snapped him back to consciousness. The white light poured in so arrogantly that it was too much for his eyes to handle. Squinting did not seem enough to defend against it and the light slipped between his fingers when he held up his hand in an attempt to shield his eyes.
Chandra Sekhar - Failure Race : A story never told before
Life is travelled at a pace one decides for themselves
M.L. Sanford - Auguste and The Condition
But a fix, some magic cure to his “poor” status, was really only a dream; reality usually took precedence over everything else, especially dreams.
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz -
The one thing is fiction in a novel and the other thing is reality. With fiction you don't make a fuss - you can 'beat it' and there's never enough. At least in my opinion - cause there are people, who complain about style intensity in literature: they prefer cereals with milk than abyssinian bitches roasted alive on bringhausers and watered with ya-yoo juice.
Jermaine Watkins - The Heart Train: Episode 1 of the Hartford Series Singles
From the moment of birth, folks suddenly wanted what others said they could not have. Kids craved the most sugary sweets how alcoholics thirsted for one more drink with the most impactful punch.
Daniel Sean Campbell - Josh Harper and the Enemy of Destiny
Waves gently caress the sand as they glide along the shore. Sunlight fills the sky; rocks float along the water and make waves that glisten as they ripple. I’m supposed to be happy but I’m not, it’s raining, and only I can see it.... It’s raining, and only I can see it”Excerpt From: Daniel Sean Campbell. “Josh Harper and The Enemy of Destiny.
Flannery O'Connor - Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
I'll call any length of fiction a story, whether it be a novel or a shorter piece, and I'll call anything a story in which specific characters and events influence each other to form a meaningful narrative. I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Then they find themselves writing a sketch with an essay woven through it, or an essay with a sketch woven through it, or an editorial with a character in it, or a case history with a moral, or some other mongrel t
Heather O'Brien - The Ties That Bind
There are only two things you’ll ever need to know about me, Farin—and you should know them well. I’m very smart, and I’m very rich.
Faiqa Mansab - THIS House of Clay and Water
It is not often that I have two options to choose from. It is nice to be compelled towards something, otherwise one drifts through life unimpeded.Bhanggi
Katie Hubbard - Darkness Couldn't Hold Her
She knew this day was different and worse, much worse than before. This was the day that Bethany began to believe their lies. And not only did she believe them, she silently repeated them, causing more damage to her soul and spirit than anyone else on earth could have ever done to her.
Brian K. Friesen - At the Waterline
I have a hunch the world is darker than I could ever imagine and there is less reason for hope than I am able to see. It makes me grateful there is only so much I can see, and I am left mostly with questions. Grateful, also, that hope is not a reasonable thing. Though I have seen my share of darkness, I am spared perceiving much of it. And here is why I hope beyond a reasonable doubt: I think that as the darkness grows, it makes the dim lights that are left seem brighter. And the darker it gets,
Sana Krasikov - The Patriots
Florence, listen to me carefully.... Take whatever that agent offers you. Give him what he wants, and don’t ask too many questions. Get yourself an exit visa as soon as you can. Then leave! Disappear. Forget this wretched place
Sana Krasikov - The Patriots
Who is she, after all? Not a member of the Party. Not even a Russian...What can she do, really, but watch the ginger-haired sacrificial lamb get slaughtered? One wrong move and Florence herself might be on the chopping block herself
Sana Krasikov -
The immediate difficulty, Florence realised while riding the high rail back to Brooklyn, was how to break the news to her parents, even if she could convince them that being a chaperone to six foreign men was a legitimate occupation for a twenty-three-year-old girl. What choice did she have? A paycheck could not win a girl’s independence
Christine M. Knight -
Be who you were meant to be and not what you've allowed yourself to become," Kate said to Mavis as she wavered over following her dream. from 'Lifesong
H.S. Rissam - The scalpel: game beneath
LOVE is the most incendiary element ever known, once it sparks the heart, the flame is inextinguishable.
Kim Briggs -
Sometimes a night of over-eating leaves you hungry for something you can't name. An emptiness haunted me. An emptiness I didn't have a name for until I met Jeb. Now, I' m starving.
C.G. Rousing -
The only wand you'll ever need is a better-feeling thought.
J.L. Sheppard - Burdened By Desire
I refuse to live in a constant fighting match, Landon. It will not do!' 'And I’ve tried living without you, and it just won’t do!
J.C. Joranco - Halfway to Nowhere
She opened her eyes and looked into his rather intensely. "What?" Alex asked. "This cannot be." "What can't be?" Alex asked her, more bafflement in his voice this time. "I have been reading people all my life. I can even read cats and dogs. I've been doing it all my life and i've been here longer than the two of you put together." "And?" Alex wanted to get to the point. Whatever the truth may be, he just wanted to hear it, wanted it on the table before them so he could get this over with and
J.C. Joranco - Say It Ain't So
As the sun went down outside, the television screen started completely lighting up the room in obnoxiously bright colors at hyperactive speeds. The conversation had been slowly rising in volume and frequency, as everyone started becoming more delinquent and the social boundaries slowly wore away. I don't remember what any of them said because I wasn't honestly paying any attention. I was focusing on my own misery and trying to numb the inner demons, the ugly things Thomas claimed came from the O
J.C. Joranco -
For his lunch break, Alex decided to sit outside for a smoke. There was no break room to speak of, just a backdoor that led to a neglected parking lot and an old payphone. There was an upturned crate by the door used to hold the door open or to sit on if one so desired. But Alex couldn't sit down, even though he had been standing for the past four hours, his anxious mind kept his feet moving.He paced back and forth, smoking his cigarette with the speed of an anxious drug addict. The cool but fai
J.C. Joranco - Halfway to Nowhere
Danilo's was the kind of place where many drinking men come to hide, be it from their wives, in-laws, their jobs or life in general. it was where men and women can come to drink poison as if it was the only form of medicine available to remedy the migraine headache called life. The lighting dim and secluded, mostly covering the tables, counters and the door to the bathroom. The walls were decorated in decades of memories, favorite sports teams and other miscellaneous decor that was typical of sm
J.C. Joranco - Say It Ain't So
It was like walking into another world. While the mansion was bright, warm, comfy and filled with sound and color, the outside was dark, cold, colorless and devoid of people.I found myself standing beside Thomas in the street. The paved road felt so cold it was hurting my feet. I kept moving them up and down, afraid my skin would freeze to the pavement. My heart was racing already and I felt a bit out of breath. If we stood there much longer i was going to hyperventilate.
J.C. Joranco -
Can you imagine how many people got laid in here?" Abby said, walking to the other side of the Jacuzzi.
J.C. Joranco - Say It Ain't So
That's what scares me the most, Paul. That I'll just pass through life and all the people I know will just disappear, without a trace, without me ever telling them how much they mean to me, no matter how small the time spent was or how great the friendship was. That they'll be gone and they'll forget me and I'll end up with nothing."I saw in my head Charley laughing, Charley sticking his head out the window and screaming, Charley playing a video game so intensely he was a foot from the screen. M
J.C. Joranco - Say It Ain't So
Thomas tilted his head towards me. "Don't mind him, he's drunk.""Does he work for you?" I asked him. "Who, Rick? No no no. Really though, he's a fine gentleman, if you speak to him while you're heavily intoxicated. You have to be brought down to HIS level of intelligence in order to properly communicate with him, you see." Thomas said.
Anuradha Bhattacharyya - The Road Taken
Misunderstandings arise only in undefined relationships
Missouri Vaun - All Things Rise
Love is the greatest unseen force in the universe." - Cole
Kathryn Joyce - Thicker Than Soup
We all have a book in us. The first step is recognising this. Writing it is a whole new journey.
Augustine Sam -
Sex was the main component of her thoughts now. But love - and her desperate longing for it - had vanished from her heart like a migraine after a painkiller.
Peter Buwalda - Bonita Avenue
...Sigerius realized that every academic looked like every other academic." - Bonita Avenue, p.49
Valentina Hepburn - A DISH OF STONES
What would you like for your own life, Kate, if you could choose?”“Anything?”“Of course anything.”“That’s really easy, Aunty Ivy.”“Go on then.”“A straw hat...with a bright scarlet ribbon tied around the top and a bow at the back. A tea-dress like girls used to wear, with big red poppies all over the fabric. A pair of flat, white pumps, comfortable but really pretty. A bicycle with a basket on the front. In the basket is a loaf of fresh bread, cheese, fruit oh...and a bottle of sparkly wine, you
B W Wrighthard -
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Susan Wingate - Drowning
[When asked about Writing Conferences]"You meet people that will change your life.
J.M. Campos - The Wall And The Abyss
Man only has eyes to beauty when it costs them the inevitability of losing.
Carroll Bryant - Last Flight Out
Lily looks back down at the necklace in her hand that Kavita had given her. "It must have cost a fortune.""It did." He confirms. "Though not nearly as much as you're worth."Lily looks up at him. "Don't say that. You hurt me everytime you speak.
Carroll Bryant - Last Flight Out
I don't know who he was," Kavita flat-out states, "but whoever he was he sure did a number on you, didn't he?"Mary leans forward to ensure he would see her deviant stare. "Did it ever occur to you that maybe I did a number on him?"Kavita leans in closer as well, and with that same deviant expression, "Yes. I have.
Carroll Bryant - Last Flight Out
The white lily stands for purity. Artists for centuries have pictured the angel Gabriel coming to the virgin Mary with a spray of lillies in his hand, to announce that she is to be the mother of the Turks.
Carroll Bryant - Last Flight Out
You know," Kavita begins, "I think I can pick out my own furniture. I am an artist after all. I do have some taste.""No you don't." Nick plainly states. "No man has taste. Besides, I didn't pick it out, she did. Wives are good for things like that.
Jee - Because It's You
Aku mencintainya tanpa diketahui.Aku mencintainya dalam diam.Aku mencintainya dalam satu sudut pandang.Aku mencintainya di satu sisi.Ya, aku percaya.Jika takdirku adalah dirimu,kau akan memilihku. Nanti.
Andrea Kayne Kaufman - Oxford Messed Up
Gloria watched the swollen white orb of a hot-air balloon rising over Navy Pier and knew she had to break it off with Oliver, for he was the type who would never enjoy hot-air balloons, Van Morrison songs, or mess, whether from orgasm or otherwise. But who was she to be dreaming about mess today?
Carroll Bryant - Last Flight Out
Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?""Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams.
Tina Reber - Love Unrehearsed
You’re my best friend,You’re my love,You’re my life.I can’t wait tomake youmy wife!Love, Ryan
Ravinder Singh -
if you want it really, you get it !!!
Carroll Bryant - Children of the Flower Power
Listen." Jennifer reverted, "I didn't mean anything by all of that before. I understand what you were trying to do and ..." She struggled for the right words. "Sweetie, like love, people don't live inside of life, life lives inside of you. Open yourself up to it and there's no stopping your heart.
Veronica Roth - Divergent
There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.
Vivek Pereira - Indians in Pakistan
Please don’t be upset. The last thing in the world I want is to see you upset and that too with me. It’s terrifying to see your beautiful eyes turn red with anger.
Angelia Griffin - The Crystal Keys: Champion of Destiny
It is man who has abandoned God, not God who has abandoned man.
David Kuklis - Escape from Netherworld
Ah, life in medieval times! Yeah, we only have to worry about losing our heads every day.
Larry Itejere - The Lamtin Star
Some truths are hard to swallow, so we share it within tales that most people will accept without being frightened by the truth hidden within.
Jim Yackel - Dead-Ringer
Well, one day all the world’s wizards and witches will kneel before Jesus and call Him ‘Lord.
Pamela Harstad - Erin's Mission
Have you worked towards your dream today? Alan Shepherd
Greg Nichols - Hungry Nation
A nation that is hungry for God will not go hungry." Duffy French, book character
Anna M. Aquino -
I remember my father, who had served in Vietnam, once talking to me about how real courage is when you're scared out of your mind but you do what you have to do anyway. I didn't feel very courageous at the moment. I felt like a small mouse in the mouth of a lion.
Anna M. Aquino -
We lied to ourselves thinking in our minds we knew everything. We were deceived in believing that youthful enthusiasm could replace wizened maturity.
Anna M. Aquino -
I feel as if I've gone past the lukewarm stage that Jesus talked about in the book of Revelations and am slowly dwindling on cold. Deep down I want to change, but I don't know how. I'm the pastor. I'm supposed to know how. I hide my frustration with an obsession for Ohio State football and hours at the I Sold It on eBay internet cafe around the corner from the church.
Anna M. Aquino -
The couch and I were what I would describe as frenemies. I loved to hate it. It was too small for my frame. I had tried to tell my wife that fact when we bought it off of Craigslist, but she assured me that it went perfectly with our room decor and it was a good deal.
Anna M. Aquino -
They weren't people that liked change. They were the kind of people that would have tied change to a chair with dental floss if they could in order to avoid it. They were the type of people who desired to live in their virtual bubbles and grew to resent anyone that challenged that world.
Anna M. Aquino -
I looked up at the wall. My bachelor's degree had been in History. Films like Back to the Future and Quantum Leap had been some of my favorite programs. Could time travel really be possible? This seemed too unreal.
Anna M. Aquino -
I could smell death in the air and I knew it was mine. I could see the world spinning around me and I could sense the blows being thrust into my body. I blacked out.
Anna M. Aquino -
As far as not seeing your fruit is concerned, you know many people have this idea that things need to happen when you think they should and if they don't you get this idea that God isn't in it. The fruit you've seen isn't bad fruit. It's just green. It's not ready. I've heard you humans complain time and time again about God telling you to do something and then the frustration begins to set in. You are so busy checking your fruit every two days that you don't realize it's just not ripe yet.
Anna M. Aquino -
Your passion dwindling out isn't Father's fault either. You can't blame that on Him. He has you in Merchant for a reason. You may not see it yet. But there is purpose. Father always has a purpose.
Grace Willows - To Kiss a King
Believe in YourselfWhy must we see something to believe in its existence?The wind itself cannot be seen by man, but all have felt it's gentle touch and watched the mighty trees bow as it swept past.We cannot see love yet its nurturing warmth is the essence of our being and sorrow can touch our very soul. For remorse is like a ripple on the ocean, once given it remains only in the heart of the receiver.Yet all of these cannot be seen only felt. Why then do you doubt your self-worth? For though i
P.J. Patterson -
Baggage? Who are you talking to? I am the Maharajah of baggage. I could fly to the moon and back and never have to do laundry.
Kerstin Gier - Saphirblau
....but talking to a ghost about a demon when you’re in a room full of people who can’t see either of them is not to be recommended.
Margarete Cassalina - See You at Sunset
You can't break the broken.
Amay Saxena -
I am a writer and things which don't happen in real world, happen in my world.
Jyoti Arora -
No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent din in the writer's head. And then, if you want peace, you just have to pull it out and freeze it in print. Nothing less would do.
Maria Hernandez - Trapped
If your neighbor's lawn looks better than yours, don't let jealousy consume you ..... start working on yours. With love and dedication, your side will look better than their.
Jee - Because It's You
Ah, ya, omong-omong, aku sangat merindukanmu. Apa kau merindukanku juga, mmm?
Jee - Because It's You
Entah mengapa, mendadak dia merasa bahwa berkenalan dengan si pemilik nama itu sepertinya akan menyenangkan.
Jim Yackel - The Wayfarers | Walking Dreams
No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, don't ever, ever, ever lose hope!
Viken Berberian -
All hen are created equal but some have more feather than others.
Deeba Salim Irfan -
Reshuffllng of thoughts - facilitates a refreshed perspective to a mental deadlock!
Drew Bankston -
Could be I've finally gone crazy, but men crazier than me have done greater things than I've ever dreamed, so we'll see where it takes me." ~ Tom Parker, Imagination Stone
Yoleen Valai - The Rebirth of Francesca
There are many of us who live alongside others, less fortunate, watching them go through everyday suffering for one reason or another, and we’re not moving even our little finger to help them. It’s in human nature, unfortunately: for the most part, the only people we genuinely care about are ourselves. However, once in a while we encounter different species, different kind of human beings among us: full of compassion, willing and wanting to help, and doing so with joy and happiness. Those are a
Sandy Ward Bell - Parked at the Mansfields'
I take my food very seriously. Whenever I hear that bell, I know Mrs. Norris is hankerin' for some spam.
Michael Joseph Murano - Age of the Seer
Time flows like memories on the shores of the past.
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
There's no greater joy in life than enjoying power without responsibility. - Mukta Prajapati
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
I never aspired to be the PM...Why should I quit over a silly issue like corruption? - Devender Singh
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
I have squandered away my father's political legacy...My personal life is in a mess...Can I turn the tables? - Rhea Malviya
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
It’s a pity that the land of great leaders like Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka and Akbar, has to be led by a dummy PM. - Shruti Ranjan
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
I know I have a strong India connect. Is it Subhash Chandra Bose or my father who left my Austrian mother when I was one? - Catherine Khan
Tuhin A. Sinha - The Edge of Power
Ideology is dead..Politics is about barter..you give some, take back a lot more. Its business at the end of the day. - Ravi Nehra
Edward Fahey -
I keep being told that my writing is getting better and better. - Now, at first I am thrilled by that, but then I think, Isn't everybody's? Do some authors grow cozy with their own style, and stay there?I think of writing fiction as an art form. As such, it's a constant exploration of new and developing ideas. If any of my books were much like my others, I don't think I'd even bother to write them.
Yoleen Valai - The Rebirth of Francesca
There are many of us who live alongside others, less fortunate, watching them go through everyday suffering for one reason or another, and we’re not moving even our little finger to help them. It’s in human nature, unfortunately: for the most part, the only people we genuinely care about are ourselves. However, once in a while we encounter different species, different kind of human beings among us: full of compassion, willing and wanting to help, and doing so with joy and happiness. Those ar
Kanza Javed - Wine and Dust
People recover differently. Some change cities, some fall in love and some begin writing.
Julia Barkey -
There’s someone here.”“I know.” She said, “Where’s Scott?” “I’m not sure,” He said, “I thought you were going to wait outside with Nichole and Matt.”“We decided to come in.”“You mean they’re in here too?”“Yes.”“Okay…” He said calmly, “You stay here.”She nodded as he turned to go.“Oh, and Carrie.”“Yes?”“Could you actually listen to me this time?” He asked with a faint smile on his face.
Julia Barkey -
I might’ve found a way to cure them.” Crystal said in a jumble of words. “Cure them? Permanently?” “Yes sir.” He thought about this a moment before speaking, “You’ve got two weeks, can you do it by then?” “That’s plenty of time sir, thank you.
Julia Barkey -
The pity in Matt’s eyes was almost too much to bear but she found herself unable to turn away. She had only seen that look once and that was when he almost lost Nichole. The sparkle in his eye burned out as if it was nothing more than a dying ember leaving his brown eyes dark and cold. Like Scott’s.
Steve M. Robinson Jr. - Ascendai: The Destiny Crest
It's said that we can all choose our own destiny. But sometimes, for a special few, destiny has no choice but to choose for you.
Deanna Lynn Sletten - Outlaw Heroes
Etta gave Will a small, knowing smile. "Will, sometimes you have to love people for who they are, not who you want them to be.
Shereen Malherbe - Jasmine Falling
Jasmine shook her head. She had forgotten about the tales of the Jinn that her father warned her about. Now, being here the memories were returning like a slow and purposeful spider. With its long, black legs the nightmares would creep into her mind each time she closed her eyes. Then, she would see through the creature’s murky eyes. She would see the carcass of a deer as it lay in the glistening white. She would watch the hyena tearing at its sweated flesh, blood seeping into the snow forming w
Debra Kay -
Blake smiled while greeting him and turned to introduce me to his friend from Camp Lejeune. Blake made the formal introductions while I studied the two distinguished men. I liked the way they both carried themselves in a dignified manner with confidence, but not too much that they seemed arrogant. I was fascinated by them. Sleek. Forget eye candy. These two are like eye caffeine. I feel energized just looking at them.
Zack Love - The Syrian Virgin
Indeed, wounded loved can make for fierce vengeance. And, from what I know of Anissa, it does seem a bit out of character for her to behave so spitefully, so I'd like to think that she really is just deeply hurt, angry and looking for some way to injure me back...I hope she knows how well she's succeeded.
Peter Watts - Blindsight
I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood.
Sharyan Alleyne - Our Lives
Never give up no matter how tough the road seems,keep going and visualize yourself in the realm of what you are going to achieve.
William Elias -
Some say the bible teaches that with our tongues we can speak, set things into motion both good and bad, life and death. What we bind and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven.