Contemporary fiction Quote by Jessica Bell Download Open image ““If music were wind, I would live in a hurricane.”” — Jessica Bell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contemporary fiction Music
“Life is amazingly beautiful. Clouds and wind blowing through the trees makes such a sound of music that one can contour to their own… — Peace Gypsy Copy Share Image
“Life isn't how to survive the storm, it's about how to dance in the rain.” — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“Life isn't about how you survived the storm ... it's about how you danced in the rain. Dance with me.” — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
“Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“I wish that life could be carefree, sunny, never cloudy- But you said that I would be in Your arms when things get crazy-… — Moriah Peters Copy Share Image
“Mom always told me there are two kinds of love in this world: the steady breeze, and the hurricane.” — Melody Grace Copy Share Image
“Music is obsession. Like jumping in a river and getting swept away, too fast, too hard, hoping that you find an eddy somewhere that… — Fox Benwell Copy Share Image
“If your characters write your story, rather than you writing your characters, it's like your dog taking YOU for a walk. Don't let them… — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, if you think of the small details, rather than the bigger picture, you’ll avoid adverbs and clichés naturally.” — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“FLESH I drop my wedding ring in holy water. I hope it repels; the years of hate and hope, so I can finally relate… — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“No matter how entertaining, diverse, concise, or detailed, a writing craft book is, it’s not going to work magic on you, it’s not going… — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“Think of literary fiction as a meal with intricate scents, flavors, and textures that you can’t recognize unless you chew with your eyes closed.” — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“Imagine you are the Earth and he is the Sun, that silence is tangible, and the stars are the souls of your previous lives.” — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how to pray, but I’ve seen them do it on TV; kneeling by a bed in nightgowns, hands woven like secret… — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the one.” — Jay Fingers Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.” — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“How'd you know that would help, Grandma? Used to have a regular who had attacks like that all the time. Poor guy. He was… — Jennifer LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me” — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness, that is… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“You want me to change overnight, Katie, and I’m telling you right now that it’s not going to happen. You're asking me to forget… — Inger Iversen Copy Share Image
Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known kinds of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
