Books Quote by Anonymous Download Open image “A novel must give a sense of permanence as well as a sense of life.” — Anonymous ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Giving Life Novel Permanence Sense Of Life Wells Writing
“Novels expose man to the nuances of life through the thought process of their protagonists to form the foundation for its understanding and thus… — B.S. Murthy Copy Share Image
“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“But a good novel is first of all an event; as distinguished from the continuous rush of many sensations and the messy overlapping experiences… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all others. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel as… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“A novel is in its broadest definition a personal, a direct impression of life: that, to begin with, constitutes its value, which is greater… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
“I read novels with the utmost pertinaity. I look upon them - I look upon good novels - as a very valuable part of… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Every writer is first a member of a community of readers, and the deepest purpose of reading and writing fiction is to sustain a… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
