Reader Quotes

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As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow… — Paul Di Filippo
My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to… — Sarah Addison Allen
I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be no return, that… — Kate Morton
A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor -… — Julia Quinn
Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief. — Catherynne M. Valente
The Librarian considered matters for a while. Soâ€¦a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither of them were… — Terry Pratchett
Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely… — Maggie Stiefvater
All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and… — Stephen King
When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against which it stands… — Anton Chekhov
Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them. — Patrick Ness
Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In… — Dean Koontz
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. — George R. R. Martin
To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him with a higher… — Gene Stratton-Porter
We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it… — Neil Gaiman
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Reading activates and exercises the mind. Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make… — Benjamin Carson
There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader. — Stephen Ambrose
Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it — Nella Larsen
All true readers have a book, a moment when real life is never going to be able to compete with fiction again. — Kate Morton
Do people choose the art that inspires them â€” do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me,… — Alice Hoffman

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