Books Quote by Celine Kiernan

“One cannot read a novel without ascribing to the heroine the traits of the one we love.”

— Alain de Botton

“You don't know what love is until someone lives with you while you write a book.”

— Thulani Davis

“There is not much to talk about love, but enough to write books about it.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“In novels, women run off with their lovers. In real life, women stay.”

— Kim Wright

“But life could not be lived between the pages of a romance novel.”

— Barbara Bell

“Whatever happens in a romance novel doesn't always have to stay in one.”

— Renee Alexis

“She read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in…

— Jane Austen

“She’d never spent entire days lying on her bed reading, entire nights making up complicated stories in her head. She’d not dreamed of willing…

— Joanna Rakoff

“Romantic novels had much to answer for.”

— Jayne Fresina

“That’s the problem with writers – it’s impossible for us to forget the lovers we still have romance novels written inside of us for…

— Christina Hart

“The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed.”

— Andrea Cremer

“Books may fill a woman's head, but love must fill her heart.”

— Elizabeth O'Donnelly