“Is it the darkness of my face or the darkness of space? And is there a difference?” — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
“If you want to be a good lair, tell people what they want to hear. (From Hot dogs under The Dakota)” — Johannes Gouws Copy Share Image
“The signal has been sent and ignored so many times that it has learned to send itself more quietly.” — Asif Kabir Copy Share Image
“We put our flags in soil when we arrive, as if it now belongs to us and we know where we are.” — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“9 November 1989. A day nobody would forget. She had heard rumours about the wall.” — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“Olga was better, in the sun, where he could see every pore in her skin. Get closer. Feel her next to him.… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that things can't be changed, that things can't be done. The can and they will, if… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you can't wait for the rest of your life to come to you. You have to go to it. Or at… — Gerry Pirani Copy Share Image
For me, the term "literary fiction" means there's always attention paid to language, and linguistic experimentation, sophistication. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Happiness is not a popular subject in literary fiction. We struggle, as writers, to make happiness, contentment, and satisfaction interesting. Perfection often… — Roxanne Gay Copy Share Image
“Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
I resisted children's writing for a long time. I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But I had so much… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“Yes, Remy, I think I do mind,” Daniel hissed. He didn’t sound like himself. He sounded evil, feral-like. An instant chill fell… — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
“Her unexpected outburst rocked Flaminius to his core. Suddenly, she didn't seem so angelic. Her face twisted with rage; veins in her… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
“After everything is said and done, a memory remains a treacherous thing…How long does one cling on to the people they’ve lost?… — Kanza Javed Copy Share Image
“I was an utterance in absentia. I was a forgotten word, uttered and mislaid long ago. I was the word that existed… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“She remembers this phrase from his final months of law school, when he brought home the books on starting up a business.… — Jacob Appel Copy Share Image
“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Her entire life, she’d been told sin was wrong, a black and white interpretation of what is evil and what is holy… — Madi Merek Copy Share Image
“What do you read?” Ismay asks. “Little bit of everything. I started with crime novels. Pretty predictable that, I guess. But then… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“After all, she knows how painful it can be not to follow your heart and she knows about the obstacles and about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Dire Wolf killed the Jakes,” he said. “Who’s this Dire Wolf?” I asked. Figured he was talking about someone he knew.… — Phil Truman Copy Share Image
I'm now much more excited about genre distinctions. What I still see breaking down are more the hierarchical arrangements of genres. That… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“THE NEXT DAY WAS RAIN-SOAKED and smelled of thick sweet caramel, warm coconut and ginger. A nearby bakery fanned its daily offerings.… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“There, arrows are thrown slowly — but they hurt. The first arrow comes from a one-sided decision — as though only one… — Tommy Wibowo Copy Share Image
[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
“That's what scares me the most, Paul. That I'll just pass through life and all the people I know will just disappear,… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Narratives about certain experiences are somehow legitimized when mediated through a man’s perspective. Consider the work of John Updike or Richard Yates.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I do not like postmodernism, postapocalyptic settings, postmortem narrators, or magic realism. I rarely respond to supposedly clever formal devices, multiple fonts,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“What happens when I click this-- will Facebook know about it?” — Michael Filimowicz Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine how many people got laid in here?" Abby said, walking to the other side of the Jacuzzi.” — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Write from Beyond what you know. From the authority of your senses." -author of Meditations in Green” — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“Splendid . . . a novel for anyone who has a sharp eye and ear for life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On writing: I don't like doing this, but it feels so good when I stop.” — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“That's the trouble with innocents. They aren't innocent of doing, just of knowing what they're doing.” — Jack Butler Copy Share Image
“A nose is ordinarily naked. A nose isn’t nipple, although there are similarities.” — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
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