Books Quote by Lionel Shriver

I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.

— Megan Chance

“When a person reaches the end of a book and says, 'I want to read that again,' what he's actually saying is that he…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Anyone longing to become a writer, for even a few moments of his life, will vainly weave fantastic events unless he has experienced that…

— Ivan Klima

“The inexperienced reader wants the essentially familiar combined with superficial novelty. Each story must have a slightly new setting or twist or "gimmick," though…

— Laurence Perrine

“Writing YA fantasy books is like sneaking out after dark, falling down the rabbit hole and ending up in the most exciting world... ever!”

— Carolyn Hockley

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. It is an adventure, a storybook with each chapter a new tale. An unknown…

— Allie McLaughlin

In the novels I most admire, there is this sense that, within the confines of the world, the possibilities are always opening in new…

— Laura van den Berg

My attraction to story is a ceaseless current that runs through the center of me. My inexhaustible ardor for reading seems connected to my…

— Pat Conroy

Few things linger longer or become more indwelling than that feeling of both completion and emptiness when a great book ends. That the book…

— Pat Conroy

I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out…

— Anonymous

"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to…

— Lewis Buzbee

An unforgettable tale of love, lust, faith, betrayal, and redemption. A powerful, mesmerizing suspense novel-a tour de force!

— Judith Kelman