Books Quote by Alain de Botton

“It is possible for YA heroines to go an entire book without discussing their love lives.”

— Celine Kiernan

“The problem lies not with the characters within the novel, but with the reader itself.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“In every book she’d ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“She read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in…

— Jane Austen

“I am no novel-reader—I seldom look into novels—Do not imagine that I often read novels—It is really very well for a novel.” Such is…

— Jane Austen

“A writer should be read, not seen, as they seldom are a joy to the eye. ”

— Katarina Anhava

“She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.”

— Wendy Wax

“...the representation of human character and personality remains always the supreme literary value, whether in drama, lyric or narrative. I am naive enough to…

— Harold Bloom

“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“You can’t write novels about people who are timid, risk-averse and passive. Or you can, but they’re called literary novels.”

— Ken Follett

“A good Author is willing to read as much as she writes”

— SarahMyriaCarter

“Literature is a love that won’t let you down or show its true colors after some time goes by. You know what it’s about…

— Jason E. Hodges