Books Quote by Johnny Flora

“A novel is more a symphony, opera, oratorio. It exists in time, it goes by you a sound dying out as you write on,…

— Dorothy Bryant

“Eventually, we come to love certain novels because we have expended so much imaginative labor on them. This is why we hang on to…

— Orhan Pamuk

“A novel has to entertain -- that's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It has to…

— Amanda Mackey

“Music is the melody that longs to be heard by someone who can appreciate it.”

— Suzette Vearnon

“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;…

— P. G. Wodehouse

“A favorite song or tune may stay on your mind for hours. A good book will stay on your mind until you find another.”

— F. Haywood Glenn

“I've always longed to turn the last page of a romantic novel but it seems my life is destined to remain a book of…

— Michael Faudet

“Oftentimes when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don't want…

— Lisa Schroeder

“Many times when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don’t…

— Lisa Schroeder

“I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme…

— Patricia Hickman

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson