Books Quote by Jane Smiley

“For the reading of these books seems to perform a curious couching operation on the senses; one sees more intensely afterwards; the world seems…

— Virginia Woolf

“But a good novel is first of all an event; as distinguished from the continuous rush of many sensations and the messy overlapping experiences…

— Anonymous

“The novel is a more diffused form and more suited to those who like to linger along the way; it also requires a more…

— Flannery O'Connor

“We're at once alone and in close company: this is the great gift of the novel, the element that makes reading more than a…

— Brenda Walker

“A great book increases my heartbeat as if I’m prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first kiss, immerses me in its depths.”

— Carmen DeSousa

“Escaping Reality One Erotic Romance Novel At a Time.”

— S.K. Logsdon

“This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you”

— John Green

“All romantic novels end the same way, but it's the process of getting there that provides all the enjoyment.”

— Candice Hern

“I read novels to indulge in a concentrated and directed inner activity that parallels -- and thereby tunes up, accentuates -- my own inner…

— Sven Birkerts

“A great book allows me to leap over that wall: in a deep, significant conversation with another consciousness, I feel human and unalone.”

— David Shields

“There is a brilliant novel in all of us. Some imagine it…others live it. Authors dwell in an auspicious life by having the ability…

— Carl Henegan

“That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels; you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to see others…

— John Green