“From my Facebook Page: "You spend the first 50 years acquiring and the second 50 years getting rid of” — Mary R. Woldering Copy Share Image
“Faction” is a type of historical fiction that combines fact with fiction.” — Martin Herman Copy Share Image
“I look up and watch the bad parts of me shrinking to dots in the wide blue.” — Lauren Nicolle Taylor Copy Share Image
“If the sky falls, we shall catch larks./Když nebe padá , zjímáme skřivani.” — Czech proverb Copy Share Image
“I brooded over it. If it had been any other dream, I would have ignored it. But it was one of those… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
“There is life after death, happiness after misery, and the chance to create new memories that replace the old.” — The Doctor’s… — Shari J. Ryan Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Seven floors below us, tanks were lined up on the streets. Soldiers gathered by in green uniforms and fur-trimmed caps. They held… — Magdalena McGuire Copy Share Image
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“What Mrs. Schuyler is saying," General Schuyler added, "is that it is the Schuylers who would be honored by a union woth… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“JAKE BAKER JOINING THE UNION ARMY IN NEW ORLEANS "I'd prefer to be back in Texas, taking aim at the Rebs..., but… — Charles Phillips Copy Share Image
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young… — Scott O'Dell Copy Share Image
“At the edge of the still, dark pool that was the sea, at the brimming edge of freedom where no boat was… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“Hanna reached for Margaret's hand, knowing nothing she could say would bring comfort. Margaret would never see her grandmother again. Nor would… — Meredith Jaeger Copy Share Image
“And then I knew that despite all the pain and hard work all of us had gone through, despite the sadness and… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Eliza had never seen Alex quite so happy and relaxed. She shook her head and laughed at the incongruity of it all:… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Whenever doubts become a crime... whenever parents become afraid their children might turn them in; a country where the power of the… — Osiris Brackhaus Copy Share Image
“There’s several colonies setup on islands that have not been touched yet by Europeans and I’m sure some of them will be… — Gordon Allard Copy Share Image
“One word was the method by which the state collected their information. They could reel in the informants and spread them out… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“I took my friend’s hand as she helped me up. With our hands still linked and our flower crowns tangled in our… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“[Evie] says the flu wanted to make barbarians of us, to have us think life is not precious and the dead are… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles,” Chiron said. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction… — Saul David Copy Share Image
“For Alex to be enveloped into one of New York State's blue-ribbon families helped put to bed a lifetime of doubts and… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Why do you assume I'm human? I wasn't born; I was created just like this. First I was an idea. Then I… — Eliza Granville Copy Share Image
“I just killed a man! This isn't the moment to discuss our marriage." "Nonsense. Marrying amid bloodshed is a de Clermont family… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
“Selene’s life is a lesson to us that the trajectory of women’s equality hasn’t always been a forward march. In some ways… — Stephanie Dray Copy Share Image
“So why had he come? He'd said he'd had no choice, but for centuries men had chopped off their own limbs, faked… — Dominique Wilson Copy Share Image
“Excuse me, Madame, but the president runs the country, not a factory. Your time is up! So please move along so that… — Rich DiSilvio Copy Share Image
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“I knew why earlier generations once believed that the sun circled the earth. Because, in our limited imaginations, that is how we… — Suzanne Anderson Copy Share Image
“In quantum physics, particles change when they’re observed. But this isn’t quantum: my book doesn’t alter by being seen or unseen. It… — S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour Copy Share Image
“This building fool could only be Bess of Hardwicke, a woman whose name is seldom seen in print without the word “redoubtable”… — JoAnn Spears Copy Share Image
“Shanghaied is a sailing story but it’s about more than sailing. It will steal you away in the best way, take you… — Jon Howe Copy Share Image
“If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming… — David Housholder Copy Share Image
“Holding the bread to her chest, she made her way home, thinking of those dreamy winter afternoons, when the light looked as… — Alexis Landau Copy Share Image
“...The queen's mocking laughter cut in. " This is your treasure, Lord Sheftu?" "Aye. The greatest treasure in Egypt—a maid whose loyalty… — Eloise Jarvis McGraw Copy Share Image
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