“It is not often that I have two options to choose from. It is nice to be compelled towards something, otherwise one… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“Not having any drink about ain’t the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a body’s perspective.” — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
“the Times reported last week that reading literary fiction increases one’s empathy and emotional intelligence.” — Kelly Luce Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time Karen saw somebody nobody else could see. She thought to ask an old man: who were you? Once… — Nicholaus Patnaude Copy Share Image
“As beautiful and euphoric as the Balloon Days could be, they were an illusion. It was time he built his life in… — Kristi Strong Copy Share Image
“It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you’re unclean, shameful, indecent; it’s like you owe the world… — Asaad Almohammad Copy Share Image
“The lines in the corners of her eyes spoke of years of wisdom, as a tree with the number of rings increasing… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Mystery, investigation, false leads, solution - we associate that structure with genre fiction, but it exists in our real lives, too. There's… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and… — Martin Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Oh, sorry, love. I was just getting out of the shower when I heard this loud commotion in front of my door.”… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
“You’ll likely always have some reason or other to hang onto that girl. You just want her cause she was married to… — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
“Can anyone be arrested for being such an asshole as him? Should they pass a law, legislate for just such things, make… — Chassis Albuquerque Copy Share Image
“She could see the headlines now. ‘Spinster dies alone in her condo. No one discovered her corpse for three days.’ She had… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
“It is not often that I have two options to choose from. It is nice to be compelled towards something, otherwise one… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“She’d discovered the beginnings of her adult person, her preference for lucidity, prudence, responsibility, and restraint. Tranquility could be eked from boredom,… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“We just move on, don’t we, with traitors still amongst us? But there was one thought that wouldn’t go away. If I… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“So you’re the little smart ass from Poleglass.” I wanted to point out he sounded like Dr. Seuss but bit my lip… — David Louden Copy Share Image
“He looked along the line of children, exhibits A to C of his existence and heirs to the twisted throne of his… — David Louden Copy Share Image
“When you turn around, you'll see something I bet you've never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you'll fit… — Veronica Randolph Batterson Copy Share Image
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“What do you think about America?" "Everyone always smiles so big! Well—most people. Maybe not so much you. I think it looks… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“I’m looking for the exit.” “The Last Exit to Brooklyn, will it be?” “Er, no! Just the way out.” From "One man… — Anthony J. Saunders Copy Share Image
“Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone. Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, tis fast… — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
“The sublime beauty was almost hidden withing the castle walls. She believed that the treasured things in life were often hard to… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“We lie on the blanket, our bare bodies basking in the sun like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only… — Henry Martin Copy Share Image
“As the sun lowered into the city's skyline, casting an orange glow over the islands, Jana could feel people's hopes rising.” — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out… — Yvonne Korshak Copy Share Image
“I don't correct her to let her know her backdoor wisdom yanks me deep into another country, where water runs uphill.” — Justin Bog Copy Share Image
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
“Despite their macabre imaginations, they don't believe the things they say, all those things about magic and fantômes. But I do. I… — Sara Stark Copy Share Image
“The sexual contact before this? “It was the first time.” The woman looked at Rat again, harder. The silence was more painful… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
I always assumed I could never make a living out of literary fiction, and I was right. When I did try, it… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan… — Dan Ahearn Copy Share Image
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
