Contemporary fiction Quote by Danee Riggs Download Open image ““I do what I do because I am who I am. Don't make me over.”” — Danee Riggs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contemporary fiction Family Good men Sisterhood
“If you keep on doing what you do, you will never be more than who you are right now.” — Master Shifu Copy Share Image
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“Don't let the things you have to do take over the things you love to do.” — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
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“i let myself know that my life doesn't have to be over just because theirs are & i went ahead & painted the sun… — Amanda Lovelace Copy Share Image
“You are the one who has to be in control of your life. You have to define who you are. If you don’t, someone… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
“Remember: What you do doesn't determine who you are; who you are determines what you do.” — Neil T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“I have everything under control. It's time you realized it and let me be who I am.” — Sean Williams Copy Share Image
“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the one.” — Jay Fingers Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.” — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“How'd you know that would help, Grandma? Used to have a regular who had attacks like that all the time. Poor guy. He was… — Jennifer LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me” — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness, that is… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“You want me to change overnight, Katie, and I’m telling you right now that it’s not going to happen. You're asking me to forget… — Inger Iversen Copy Share Image
Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known kinds of contemporary fiction. It habitually exhibits, not a man of delicate organization in revolt against the inexplicable tragedy of existence, but a man of low sensibilities and elemental desires yielding himself gladly to his environment, and so… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share
Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and Zooey, the sister gets in trouble and the brother comes to help her out. But I wanted to make sure that in my novel the sister had more to do than lie around on a sofa… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share
