Hope Quote by Grace Paley

“I believe that no matter what “plot” each of our stories may follow, deep down we all want one thing. We want our lives…

— John C. Maxwell

“novels have the power to transport you into another existence, and see the world from a different point of view.”

— Ella Berthoud

“We live in our tales of ourselves. . . and ignore as best we can the contradictions, and the lapses, and the abrasions of…

— Gregory Maguire

“Sometimes a tragedy sends us down the path we’re supposed to be on so we can find what we’re meant to find. It isn’t…

— AnnaLisa Grant

“You have to have a plot too, you know? Because without it, your life is less of a story and more of an empty…

— Nema Al-Araby

“Now I’ve given up any hope of lasting fame or literary perfection. I don’t care if I write a great book anymore, but just…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it.”

— Neil Gaiman

“ A life path may have strange twists and turnings, and we do not always end up where we intend to go....”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“I read for fun and to escape the mundaneness that is reality, to get lost in make-believe worlds where good always triumphs over evil.”

— Erica Cope

“Life is just as deadly as it looks, but fiction is more forgiving.”

— Richard Thompson

“After all, every story have both good and bad in it, and life can be like that too. I guess it's what we take…

— Melissa Hill

“fiction is necessary to life - not only as books but as dreams, dreams that frame the world and give it meaning.”

— Siri Hustvedt