#fantasy

The truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#fallen-legion #fantasy #fiction #gabriella-moretti #timeless-series

Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth. ↗

— Stephen King

#fantasy #fiction #truth #writing #writing-process

The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse. ↗

— Charles Williams

#fiction #fantasy-fiction

All stories are ultimately about the fall. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#fantasy-fiction

Every so often i'd wake up when his arms clenched around me, his embrace so tight i thought he'd cut off my circulation, holding me as if even in his sleep he was haunted by the fear of losing me. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#fantasy-fiction

How did they go from Braveheart to Brigadoon in less than five minutes? ↗

— Jennifer Silverwood

#fantasy-fiction #paranormal-romance #fantasy-fiction

I tapped around on my new Miracle Phone—a gift from Joseph—as I listened to the discussion about our next move. I wasn’t trying to be rude, but I’d recently become addicted to this one game on my Miracle Phone. Really, I was listening. I could multitask like no other. Trust me, there’s an app for that. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#fallen-legion #fantasy #fiction #gabriella-moretti #humor

My Manager forced me to put my beetle in my own ear, a clear waste and an act that gave me nightmares: of a burning city through which giant carnivorous lizards prowled, eating survivors off of balconies. In one particularly vivid moment, I stood on a ledge as the jaws closed in, heat-swept, and tinged with the smell of rotting flesh. Beetles intended for the tough, tight minds of children should not be used by adults. We still remember a kinder, gentler world. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

#fantasy #new-weird #nightmares #new-adult

Before we go on from here, I just want to say," he paused and took a step closer to me and reached his hand out to my heart. "What I should have said back on the plane is I know you're real." His eyes narrowed, "I'll always fight for you, Lexi, in my own way. ↗

— S.G. Holster

#good-vs-evil #new #paranormal-series #supernatural #teen-fiction

We need to talk," he insisted, opening the door to his jeep that was parked next to my car. I was still holding out hope this would end and I would see his smile soon. "What's wrong?" I retaliated before I go in. "There's something you need to know, something I haven't told you," he said, taking my backpack from me. ↗

— S.G. Holster

#good-vs-evil #new #paranormal-urban-fantasy-romance #supernatural #teen