Contemporary fiction Quote by Amy Lapwing

“Yielding to convention yields nothing new.”

— Rich DiSilvio

“Taking inspiration from her own experiences as a wife, mother, principal and teacher, Ellick creates a realistic and thought-provoking modern scenario for readers to…

— Bainbridge Island Review

Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and…

— K. M. Soehnlein

Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known kinds of…

— H. L. Mencken

“You want me to change overnight, Katie, and I’m telling you right now that it’s not going to happen. You're asking me to forget…

— Inger Iversen

“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness, that is…

— Faiqa Mansab

“The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me”

— Stasia Ward Kehoe

“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the one.”

— Jay Fingers

“Irrationality is part of everyday rationale”

— Elif Shafak

“How'd you know that would help, Grandma? Used to have a regular who had attacks like that all the time. Poor guy. He was…

— Jennifer LeBlanc

“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.”

— Megan Duke

“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What…

— Venita Ellick