Deals Quote by Garth Greenwell

“And this the world calls frenzy; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What…

— George Gordon Byron

When magic through nerves and reason passes, Imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of…

— H.P. Lovecraft

“At first, this earth, a stage so gloomed with woe You all but sicken at the shifting scenes And yet be patient. Our playwright…

— Jack London

“He [Wordsworth] invited his readers to abandon their usual perspective and to consider for a time how the world might look through other eyes,…

— Alain de Botton

It's remarkable - most remarkable, the way these people manage, from time to time, a tragedy or a near-tragedy to break the even tenor…

— Martha Ostenso

“To pass from the extremes of danger to safety-from the tumult of war to the tranquility of peace, though sweet in contemplation, requires a…

— Thomas Paine

“There's something mystical in the air and in my heart. The weather is showing my emotions.”

— Shabnam Sinha

“It is a mistake to believe that the decisive moments of a life when its direction changes for ever must be marked by sentimental…

— Pascal Mercier

“Fiction cannot move so much, but that the attention may be easily transferred; and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be sometimes…

— Samuel Johnson

“Yet every great storyteller knows it’s the fine art of taking me by the hand and showing me that has the most effect on…

— Rene Gutteridge

“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in a deep…

— Kilroy J. Oldster