“But,” Aidan finished her sentence for her, “you don’t want to be my girlfriend any more.” — Stacy Gregg Copy Share Image
Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days. The three extra days were for leap years.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The first sentence cant be written until the final sentence is written. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When a sentence ends up with a but be sure you understand that the but is important. — Clive Kassis Copy Share Image
Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'.” — Dennis E. Taylor Copy Share Image
A male inmate promised a female prison guard, If you help me escape, I'll marry you. This is an example of using… — Green Monk Copy Share Image
America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and… — Jackie Walorski Copy Share Image
“She’d passed sentence on God two years ago, and she fed her doubts of Him daily, taking care they didn’t shrivel and… — Karin Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The value of a sentence is the personality that utters't, for nothing new can be said by any man or woman.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open. — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
Patenting tends to get people's juices flowing when you put the word 'gene' and the word 'patent' in the same sentence. And… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Captain Carswell Thorne, is it?” "That’s right." "I’m afraid you won’t have claim to that title for long. I’m about to commandeer… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Held came toward them, then suddenly stopped, leaned over to inhale the scent of a crimson rose, and declared, “We shall… — Magda Szabó Copy Share Image
I used to get stuck trying to find the first sentence of a story, then I realised that it was often because… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“And once, a sophomore English teacher, Mr. Watts, found out that one of his students had spent the past eight class periods… — Flynn Meaney Copy Share Image
“It was easy enough to write a sentence, but if you were going to create a work of art, the way Melville… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“I once knew a fellow who committed robbery with violence, and he was sentenced to a long prison stretch and 12 strokes… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
“Oh God,was all Keeley could think. Oh God, get me out of here. When they swung through the stone pillars at Royal… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“And I promise myself then, in that moment, that I will hold him forever, just like this, until all the pain and… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“But gifts can be victories, can’t they. It’s what you said. The garden could have been your gift, a dowry of talent,… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“feet onto the file boxes serving as a coffee table and smacked Zev in the stomach. “Ow. Fuck, Toby, that hurt.” “Yeah,… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“You are the last Five left in the competition, yes? Do you think that hurts your chances of becoming the princess?" The… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
