Everyone has a past, and everyone's past matters.

“The truth is heavier than a sword.”

— Naiyem Chowdhury Rony

“I know a feeling like that only comes once in a lifetime, and I think you should follow your heart’s desires. I believe in…

— Ahmad Ardalan

“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.”

— J.D. Winston

“Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger on my…

— Mark Noce

When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Altogether, the first glimpse of his bride-which should have come as no surprise to Alex, standing there looking so lean and handsome himself-nearly brought…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that…

— Marlon James

“She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight…

— Samuel Snoek-Brown

“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination and prejudice.…

— Sharon Lovejoy

“Right now, is not the time to strike at the Romans, but it will come, and we will all rise and wipe out the…

— Michael G. Kramer

“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

— S.F. Chandler

“Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together.”

— Kimberly Elkins

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it…

— Katherine Paterson

“Most of [her ashes] fell into the river in a long gray curtain. But some was caught by the wind and blown upward toward…

— Kimberly Cutter

“They are subjected to all manner of taxes: the tithe, the hearth tax and the capitation tax. When all those are paid, they are…

— Simon Scarrow