Books Quote by Jodi Picoult

“Even if the story relating to some of them may not belong to literary history, it certainly does belong in the story of my…

— Arthur Schnitzler

“Stories come alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them aloud, or a pair of wide eyes following them by flashlight…

— John Connolly

“For without being read, is the story ever really told?”

— Michael Reid

“Who are we if not the stories we pass down? What happens when there's no one left to tell those stories? To hear them?…

— Carrie Ryan

“That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell…

— Connie Willis

“Sometimes, a story is just the thing we tell ourselves to escape the ordinariness of a life that has no tale to tell at…

— A.J. Grayson

“We know that to give writing its future, it is necessary to overthrow the myth: the birth of the reader must be at the…

— Roland Barthes

“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical…

— Sara Sheridan

“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.”

— Victoria Hislop

“We may just be specters in this world, but our stories, if they are remembered and retold, become real and solid and alive... Once…

— Candace Fleming

“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”

— Barbara Carney-Coston

“Literature can remind us that not all ife is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told.”

— Colum McCann