Given Quote by James M. Cain

She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which…

— Anonymous

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were…

— Kate Chopin

She was an artist. She held opposites in her mind.

— Richard Ford

“It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single…

— Ayn Rand

“From what you know of her, you will not be surprised that she threw some exaggeration and wilfulness, some pride and impetuosity, even into…

— George Eliot

“But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination itself was a source of secrets: once she had begun a story, no one…

— Ian McEwan

She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known…

— Kate DiCamillo

She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people…

— Alice Walker

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right…

— Nicholas Sparks

“She was just like the rest of them—willfully ignorant, passionately believing in something because she surrounded herself with people who also passionately believed in…

— James Islington