Books Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who…

— Hope Nicholson

“Charlotte Bronte borrowed liberally and sloppily from Joseph Sheridan le Fanu when penning Jane Eyre. The originality of this classic novel is tarnished as…

— Andrew Barger

“Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time. I would give everything to ensure the novel's survival.”

— Jasper Fforde

Charlotte Bronte was writing about sex. I supposed Jane Austen was, too. Where do you get a hero like Darcy unless you are writing…

— Alice Munro

“Brontë was attempting to depict a character that adheres to the unchanging principles of her faith though she refused conformity to the particular practices…

— Karen Swallow Prior

“had been happy to play the part of a Brontë heroine if it meant she wouldn’t have to learn how to cook.”

— Donald E. Westlake

“I was reading Charlotte Bronte, and Jane was being serenaded by Mr. Rochester. (I see the source of all my problems: a Bronte was…

— Zen Cho

“Just think of Emily Bronte, for example: psychotically bookish - but was there ever a woman screaming out so loudly for a good f***ing?…

— Mil Millington

“Let me hasten to add that I am not at all like Jane Eyre, who must have given hope to so many plain women…

— Barbara Pym

“The words of Jane Eyre skipped through my mind. How deceiving they were. No wonder the council had outlawed books. Stories enabled you to…

— Tiffany Truitt

“I suspect that Jane Austen's practice of denying herself the aid of figurative language which, as much as any of her other habits of…

— Mary Lascelles

“On the bus, I pull out my book. It's the best book I've ever read, even if I'm only halfway through. It's called Jane…

— Fanny Britt