“Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere.” — Tommy Orange Copy Share Image
“I guess if you get too close, the twinkling stops; they don’t look like stars anymore.” — Graham Spaid 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 think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“The wise have the mental agility to anticipate and adjust to dire circumstances faster than most.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
“We’ll start on the ruins when you come back.” “Looks like a big job.” “Those are the most important.” — Valerie Dunsmore Copy Share Image
“The poor were born survivors, but their equity was bound to the land—dwelling, farm, animals.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
“Does Ebui dream of a private grave? People in fancy dress eulogizing, laying down their offerings. Or does she dream past the… — Johnny Firic Copy Share Image
“I know he says it’s a mind upload problem,” said Aideen. “But we won’t know that for sure until we get there.… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it’s really finished as a force for… — J. M. Ledgard Copy Share Image
“Thinking, like other drugs, can be a useful distraction from pain, as long as it's managed and doesn't become an addiction.” — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“Somethings wrong,’ he told her. ‘Be specific Jack,’ she said pressuring him. Jack turned again to the desert. ‘We should already be… — A.R. Merrydew Copy Share Image
“The slick concrete reflected the facades of the work weary - grey, cracked and old, but more importantly, trodden upon.” — Martin Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought she was so confident and together, but that was really a mask she wore to protect herself. The old adage… — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
“True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away. -Alicia… — Lysious Copy Share Image
Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits… — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
There are three things I look for in a story - it has to be a thriller; I cannot see myself writing… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
“To Jana's mind everybody seemed happy to see BAbichka and resisted returning her, like a misplaced package sent to the wrong address.… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“Largely, now, it was not anger he felt, but rather a kind of bone-scraping, quiet, ever-present sorrow. To come to the place… — Elizabeth Graver Copy Share Image
“Once, I’d been so afraid you would forget me. Now I knew you wouldn’t, but it didn’t make me feel any better.… — Nicola Maye Goldberg Copy Share Image
“literary fiction is fiction that examines the character of the people involved in the story, and that popular fiction is driven by… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
“In any case how many took the oath and are now licking the toes of the whiteman?No, you take an oath to… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Copy Share Image
“Mom rubbed the back of my neck and we kept walking, away from the kids and the colors and the high-pitched, happy… — Amy Sargent Swank Copy Share Image
“Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses. Is there any other period in your… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“For his lunch break, Alex decided to sit outside for a smoke. There was no break room to speak of, just a… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Danilo's was the kind of place where many drinking men come to hide, be it from their wives, in-laws, their jobs or… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“It was like walking into another world. While the mansion was bright, warm, comfy and filled with sound and color, the outside… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Some people say he engineered his own arrest to gain an insight into modern methods of policing for a thriller he had… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“As the sun went down outside, the television screen started completely lighting up the room in obnoxiously bright colors at hyperactive speeds.… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“The air was cool and soft. The desert looked empty from our great height, enough to believe the geographers and travel writers… — C. Lynn Murphy Copy Share Image
“Ugh! only she could meet a gorgeous new guy and make a fool of herself. Remy thought.” — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
“The things white men failed to notice would fill the world they had ruined ten thousand times over.” — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
