Historical fiction Quotes

I'm a big historical-fiction fan.

— Katherine Langford

“Conformity is deformity”

— Sharon Desruisseaux

“Through enjoyment we endure.”

— Florence Ditlow

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

“Enjoy the ride!”

— Emery Lee

“Life is volatile.”

— Robert J. Pajer

“Love should never be a game.”

— Sherry D. Ficklin

“History repeats, again.”

— R.S. Gompertz

“He could inspire ballads. He could inspire wars.”

— Eli Easton

“I'd rather make a good run than a bad stand.”

— Margaret Walker

“There's no match for the sweetness independence brings.”

— Ami McKay

“I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control...”

— Leila Meacham

“Are you a traveling man he asked?”

— Nancy B. Brewer

“Good to see you too, Otto." -Sydney Rose”

— Anonymous

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

— Susan Meissner

“Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.”

— Sarah Sundin

“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.”

— Hilary Mantel

“I am not sure about anything. But if we don’t have hope, we don’t have anything.”

— Kristin Harmel

“An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. –Booklist”

— Sharon Lovejoy

“Their renewed sense of hope had fired up their fatigued muscles like a burst of steam powering a locomotive.”

— Rich DiSilvio

“Atty’s eyes rested on Darby with all the subtlety of a dog watching his food bowl being filled!”

— Tricia Murphy

“Jewish history is never simply about the Jews, but always about their relationship with the rest of society.”

— Abigail Green

“Stephen King: If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered”

— Afiena Kamminga

“How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have…

— Hilary Mantel

“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

With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth…

— Debra Dean

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“Rarely do page-turners written for middle-school kids also ignite excitement in adults. (A notable exception is the series of Harry Potter books.)…

— Sharon Lovejoy

“And yet in the weakest of men, in moments when they are alone and themselves, I have found veins of strength like…

— John Edward Williams

When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I…

— Jean Fritz

“On the black cotton was printed a white skull and crossbones - the skull head grinning as if he were mocking her.…

— Victoria Dougherty

“I am not a twenty-two-year-old boy; I am not a besotted fool. If you think to jilt me, think again. For I…

— Brenda Joyce

“silly man. I know the man I am marrying is destined for great things, as the many remarkable things he has done…

— Melissa de la Cruz

“The oaks along the ridge were writhing like tortured epileptics in the winds, and she could make out through the thick rain…

— Samuel Snoek-Brown

“Without entering here into a dissertation upon the historical romance, it may be said that in proper hands it has been and…

— Rafael Sabatini