Books Quote by Ruth Sepetys Download Open image ““The characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely hearbeat of my own”” — Ruth Sepetys ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reading
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“At times, quotes from the books talk more about our lives than on the lives of the characters.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“I don’t live life a whole lot differently than some of the more notable characters in my books. It has been a road less… — P.S. Meronek Copy Share Image
“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.” — Joanne McDonnell Copy Share Image
“I love when the characters take over and live their own lives. I get to watch and write it all down.” — Anna Adams Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is like a big, empty room inside you that echoes with the sounds of the life you're not living.” — Leisa Rayven Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.” — Nathan Hill, The Nix Copy Share Image
“He read with intensity and was passionately in love with every character, every turn of plot or twist of language. He made the characters… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“A life is similar to a book. Some chapters are boring,a few emotional, a handful memorable,others saddening,one or two thoughtful and many full of… — Elizabeth Adeniyi Copy Share Image
“From my recent blog tour interview: I recently spent time updating my Goodreads page to include the names of authors whose works inspire me, and as I thought about it, the characters in the books I liked all share certain traits in common. The heroes of the novels were highly competent men in the world of work. They had great… — Barbara James Copy Share
In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right. — Brian Boyd Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
