#fiction

A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand. ↗

— J.D. Winston

#historical-fiction #inspirational #literary-fiction #love-story #spiritual

Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#theology

Они, болваны, не давали ему читать, и он умер от голода. ↗

— Стругацкие

#sociology #sociology

I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control... ↗

— Leila Meacham

#women-s-strength #historical

No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#drama #fiction #nick-carraway #challenge

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart ↗

— Norman Mailer

#historical

But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand me, will not suppose that I intend any preposterous comparison, when I observe that Homer was farther removed in time from Troy than I am from the Napoleonic wars; yet he spoke to the Greeks for 2,000 years and more. ↗

— Patrick O'Brian

#historical

How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have liked me ↗

— Ruta Sepetys

#romance #historical

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we? ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#henry-viii #historical-fiction #mary-boleyn #historical

A man´s desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he will give up everything for her. ↗

— Alma Katsu

#historical