With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that's just because I love these characters. I… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
To be honest, I wrote so many drafts of this book [ The Nightingale ] and changed the characters so many times;… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
In doing the research, I found myself consumed by a single, overwhelming question, as relevant today as it was seventy years ago:… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
In the end, the best part of the whole book [The Nightingale ] to me was the research, reading about the courageous,… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
[ The Nightingale ]ended up being a huge undertaking - a daunting amount of research on a subject that many people know… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“The two of you made something so beautiful it changed the way I saw it. I’ll never think of those places the same way… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I could make a coin disappear and your eyes would believe it gone, even if… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“There are no white knights, Soph. Not like in your stories. You have to see people for what they are, not what you want… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Few men ever wonder such things. They are the center of the world, after all. But women are not so different in what they… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
![“I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a3/megan-chance-8853_nightingales_i-simply-couldn-t-walk-away-from-the-nig_177219.jpg)
![“I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/556/megan-chance-8853_dramatic_i-love-women-being-the-heroes-of-the-pie_323810.jpg)
![“To be honest, I wrote so many drafts of this book [ The Nightingale ] and changed the characters so many times; the real surprise is that I finished the book at all.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e98/megan-chance-8853_being-honest_to-be-honest-i-wrote-so-many-drafts-of-t_1296046.jpg)
![“The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten women.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/60e/megan-chance-8853_astounded_the-women-of-the-french-resistance-astou_436710.jpg)
![“Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how it feels to be a wife/mother/sister/name your poison in today's world. But this story [The Nightingale ] is told from the perspective of two sisters…” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb4/megan-chance-8853_feels_thematically-we-re-both-with-kristin-han_2623981.jpg)
![“In the end, the best part of the whole book [The Nightingale ] to me was the research, reading about the courageous, ordinary French women who put their lives on the line to save others. It was really inspirational.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a83/megan-chance-8853_book_in-the-end-the-best-part-of-the-whole-bo_2704210.jpg)
![“[ The Nightingale ]ended up being a huge undertaking - a daunting amount of research on a subject that many people know intimately, a country I had not yet been to when I first started planning the book, an entire war.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c14/megan-chance-8853_amount_the-nightingale-ended-up-being-a-huge-un_1019816.jpg)
![“[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ad/megan-chance-8853_answers_i-am-more-than-happy-to-invite-my-five-f_150541.jpg)
![“I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a1d/megan-chance-8853_book_i-know-i-m-not-normal-in-this-but-severu_332070.jpg)
