Fiction Quote by Trudi Canavan Download Open image “Happy endings are a luxury of fiction” — Trudi Canavan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction Happiness Happy ending Happy endings Luxury
There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high… — Peter David Copy Share Image
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately… — Douglas Sirk Copy Share Image
“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other books. In this book, not only is… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
You know not every book has to have a happy ending, but it has to have a satisfying ending. — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
“Achati chuckled. "You may be surprised. Some might come in the hopes of being snatched away to a secret place ruled by exotic women.” — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
“Ranel had said that the murderer wore a ring with a red gemstone. Looking at Akkarin's hands, she was almost disappointed to see they… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money? — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother’s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope. — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“His hands on my waist he gently pulled me n embrace. I could feel his breath on my face our lips were about to… — Nicole Eglinger Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image