“craving that made the world look hard-edged and brutally lovely. “Would you have” — Megan Chance Brutally Copy Share Image
I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all. — Megan Chance Books Copy Share Image
“Some memories fade to tender nostalgia, and some fade altogether,” — Megan Chance Memories Copy Share Image
Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand. — Megan Chance Calling Copy Share Image
I love the idea of ordinary women making extraordinary sacrifices. — Megan Chance Extraordinary Copy Share Image
“Yes, she was his angel. But can’t you guess, my love? She was his demon too.” — Megan Chance Angel Copy Share Image
I have to admit that WWII France was not at all on my radar for Kristin Hannah. — Megan Chance France Copy Share Image
With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface… — Megan Chance Different Copy Share Image
I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing… — Megan Chance Knows Copy Share Image
I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph. — Megan Chance Absolutes 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… — Megan Chance Knights 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… — Megan Chance Accepting 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… — Megan Chance Beautiful 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… — Megan Chance Addresses 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,… — Megan Chance Believe Copy Share Image
I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters. Let's see. First on my list is Sam Gamgee from… — Megan Chance Beautiful Copy Share Image
I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books.… — Megan Chance Book Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Book Copy Share Image
The material world is simply an expression of the mind; that's what so many fail to see. We're so dependent on what… — Megan Chance Believe Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t just her words, it was her way of putting them together, the voice that seemed to gain power with each… — Megan Chance Changed World Copy Share Image
Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of… — Megan Chance Action Copy Share Image
“Snakes have many forms, you know. They have not always been evil or poisonous - or at least, not only so. Just… — Megan Chance Snakes 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 Dramatic 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 Character Copy Share Image
Honestly, I really didn't want to take on World War II France, but when I came across the story of a nineteen-year-old… — Megan Chance Belgians 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 Amount Copy Share Image
My next guest [ for party with five favorite fictional characters] would be Scarlett from Gone With The Wind. I mean, come… — Megan Chance Character 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 Being honest Copy Share Image
The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding… — Megan Chance Airmen 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 Astounded Copy Share Image
“Any man can be led by desire, Soph. But desire isn't love. Don't make the mistake of thinking it is.” — Megan Chance Desire Copy Share Image
“The Bible was written by man to serve his own ends. Like society. Like the church. We use such things to control… — Megan Chance Bible Copy Share Image
People forget that old women were young once, but d'you think we old women forget? In my heart, I'm still thirty. — Megan Chance Forget Copy Share Image
“Strange, don’t you think, that nuns and monks make the most sensual food and drink?” — Megan Chance Food and drink 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 Book Copy Share Image
“understand what part they played. Symmetry. And because I understood that, I understood that a single painting or composition or poem might… — Megan Chance Artist Copy Share Image
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