Books Quote by Elizabeth Kostova

“I used to think that those essentially happy and romantic novels that ended with a wedding were all wrong, that they had left out…

— Lorrie Moore

“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

“For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life:…

— Esther Perel

“A marriage was like a house under constant construction, each year seeing the completion of new rooms. A first-year marriage was a cottage; one…

— Stephen King

“Finishing a book is bittersweet. You spend days getting to know the characters. Learning their nuances, their faults, their loves, their lives. They become…

— Whimsical Enlightenment

“After finishing a good book, it was sometimes days before she could shake off that other reality; the one she'd dipped into, leaving the…

— Ann Sutherland

“Instead, their storybook marriage had a dark chapter. A villainess side character, who remained stuck in-between the pages of their beloved fairy tale, and…

— Kristina Stangl

“When you close the book, does the story end? No! That's such a bland way to read. Every story goes on forever in our…

— Mizuki Nomura

“The romantic fairy tales we grew up with -- where marriage is the happy ending rather than the opening scene -- are not useful…

— Ada Calhoun

“It didn't last, it wasn't clear for much longer, and that's why we broke up, but when I close this book and give it…

— Daniel Handler

“Why is that fairy-tales always treat marriage as an ending? And always such a perfectly happy one?”

— Salman Rushdie

Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.

— Mae West