Impatient men are generous ones. Or haven't you learned that by now? — Megan Chance Generosity Copy Share Image
“I cannot explain how it begins, or why it happens, what strange alchemy puts such things in motion.” — Megan Chance Alchemy Copy Share Image
“For so delicious were the words she’d sung, it seem’d he had lov’d them a whole summer long.” — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie. — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Omnia Mundi Fumus et Umbra All in the World is Smoke and Shadow –Latin motto” — Megan Chance Motto Copy Share Image
“There are no boring stories. Only a failure to truly listen.” — Megan Chance Failure 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
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 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
Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I could make a coin disappear and your eyes would believe it gone,… — Megan Chance 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 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
“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
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
In doing the research, I found myself consumed by a single, overwhelming question, as relevant today as it was seventy years ago:… — Megan Chance 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
“Desire made fools of us all, did it not? What was more controlling than unconsummated desire? What but wanting sent men on… — Megan Chance Desire Copy Share Image
I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an… — Megan Chance Chance Copy Share Image
[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Few men ever wonder such things. They are the center of the world, after all. But women are not so different in… — Megan Chance Feminism 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
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 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
“She'd smelled of confidence and lilies. She was my age, and yet she had what I did not - a lack of… — Megan Chance Confidence Copy Share Image
“Then I saw it. Little pins of light that grew larger as I watched, a city that seemed to bloom from the… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept… — Megan Chance 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 Copy Share Image
“It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing.” — Megan Chance Belief Copy Share Image
I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is… — Megan Chance Character Copy Share Image
I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way.… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“I thought I knew everything. There’s the challenge fate loves best, isn’t it? I was ripe for a fall and so … the apple.” — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
It felt like an oversight to me, something that needed to be corrected. They [women who hid Jewish children] deserved to be… — Megan Chance Children Copy Share Image
![“In the end, the best part of the whole book [The Nightingale ] to me was the research, reading about the courageous, ordinary French women who put their lives on the line to save others. It was really inspirational.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/megan-chance-8853_book_in-the-end-the-best-part-of-the-whole-bo_2704210.png)
![“I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/megan-chance-8853_dramatic_i-love-women-being-the-heroes-of-the-pie_323810.png)
![“I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing process.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/megan-chance-8853_knows_i-know-that-sounds-ineffective-and-daunt_1314690.png)
![“I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/megan-chance-8853_book_i-know-i-m-not-normal-in-this-but-severu_332070.png)
![“I see the emphasis on a lot of ideas and I know that's directed at me. [Megan Chance] come up with an idea, hone it, and write it. I come up with thirty ideas, flesh each one out, research each one, come up with characters, and then decide I don't like it.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/megan-chance-8853_chance_i-see-the-emphasis-on-a-lot-of-ideas-and_2960627.png)
![“[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/megan-chance-8853_answers_i-am-more-than-happy-to-invite-my-five-f_150541.png)
![“Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how it feels to be a wife/mother/sister/name your poison in today's world. But this story [The Nightingale ] is told from the perspective of two sisters…” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/megan-chance-8853_feels_thematically-we-re-both-with-kristin-han_2623981.jpg)
![“It felt like an oversight to me, something that needed to be corrected. They [women who hid Jewish children] deserved to be understood and remembered.” quote by Megan Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/megan-chance-8853_children_it-felt-like-an-oversight-to-me-somethin_2585277.png)