Out to sea, the calm lagoon waters were darkening, while…

“Abby: In another life, I could love you. Travis: I might love you you in this one.”

— Jamie McGuire Walking Disaster

“He'd grown unused to woods like this. He'd become accustomed to the Northwest, evergreen and shaded dark. Here he was surrounded by soft leaves,…

— Michael Montoure

“Silence held the bubble of the world in its grip.”

— Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchet

“She got dressed at the side of the pool, schooled her limp into a rolling gait and headed for the hall.”

— Sally Courtnix

“The place smelled male, not the metal-and-soap maleness of a locker room nor the malt-and-sawdust maleness of an old-time corner saloon, but the leather-and-oiled-wood…

— Ellery Queen

“Spence,” he says as he lifts his brown eyes to meet mine. “You still make it hard to breathe.” “And you,” I say, swallowing…

— Heather M. Orgeron

“The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.”

— Lloyd Alexander

“Social dynamic theory is philosophy, not politics. There can't be only one correct answer, or there would only be one book." Sharon L Reddy,…

— Sharon L. Reddy

“As you will, so will be.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“What follows is the first in a collection of tales, primarily of one tixie family, who recorded their exploits more than two thousand years…

— Jack Borden

“It's a new world we gotta build - founded on love, tempered by reason.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Oh, man,' Azdra'ik said. 'This is what our eldest saw. This is what our legends say. Who could know, but us?”

— C.J. Cherryh

“...we could think or feel as we wished toward the characters, or as the poet, discounting history, invited us to; we were the poet's…

— Janet Frame

“One of my challenges [as a writer] is to make sure that I'm giving the reader details that the character cares about rather than…

— Jessica Andersen

“The Baby Name book can be a very dangerous tool in the hands of a prolific author.”

— Michelle M. Pillow