As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Their eyes locked. They could see into each other's souls. This was why she had been bored.” — Marion Croslydon Copy Share Image
“Megan’s deception is another hook on which I can hang my conscience.” — Jenny Lloyd Copy Share Image
“I don’t like coming over here at night, the girl said. The bayou is scary in the dark, all manner of things… — Samuel Snoek-Brown Copy Share Image
“Before I disappear behind the door, I stop and turn around to look at him.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.” — J.D. Winston Copy Share Image
I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded! — Erin Duffy Copy Share Image
One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what… — Nancy Horan 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“12/18/89 Calvin asks Hobbes if he'll help him write a book. Calvin says this book will be like historical fiction. He's writing… — Steve Kurtz Copy Share Image
“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“You know what it's like when a cart overturns in the street? Everybody you meet has witnessed it. They saw a man's… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. In her… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“He speaks in that strange sports talk, telling me about the start of the new season and asks if I follow baseball.… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“On her back, she could feel the eyes of Our Lady Queen of Angels, Saint Joseph, John the Baptist, and the Magdalene.… — Jennifer Kincheloe Copy Share Image
“I want to be Empress.” “Oh, Theodora, don’t be insane.” Antonina took her friend’s hands. “Do you really think a circus clown… — Carol Strickland Copy Share Image
“From the front row of the balcony, I look out over the Uptown Cinema. The red velvet seats are emptying, the credits… — Kermit Roosevelt III Copy Share Image
“Septimus grinned. "It's not coins I seek. I seek the power of Hercules.” — Jason Born Copy Share Image
“Love is a poison,' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you.” — Janell Rhiannon Copy Share Image
“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.” — Judith Geary Copy Share Image
“A gripping historical novel . . . heart-stopping, heart-racing and eventually heart-easing.–Library Voice” — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“Christ's father let him die on that cross. I understand why he done it. But Christ never had no granny like me.” — Taylor Brown Copy Share Image
“The empire long united must divide, long divided must unite; this is how it has always been.” — Luo Guanzhong Copy Share Image
“The poor were born survivors, but their equity was bound to the land—dwelling, farm, animals.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
“Very different from other middle grade of YA stories I've read about slaves running during the 1800s. – Wandering Librarian” — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“For the space of many, many years, you were enough for me. You were my bliss, and my hallelujah.” — Lise Arin Copy Share Image
“The wise have the mental agility to anticipate and adjust to dire circumstances faster than most.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Reading and knowledge feed the soul, but a man still needs bread… and here I am, caught between both. Yonan -” — Hany Elframawy Copy Share Image
“She turned her painted blue eyes toward the assistant and said something in French before she left.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Don't you understand brother? I want to find a love...that will free me from this love...” — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
“Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England” — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
