#fiction

There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war. ↗

— Warhammer

#war #warhammer- #forgiveness

Remember this above all else: Never, ever appear like you once were, not to anyone. You have entered a new phase, but you must forgive yourself to enter. And you have to remember new lessons of restraint, for they will always apply. You are now always your own private garden. You are now always the only one responsible for nourishing the soil and replenishing the seed. You alone tend you, you alone water. This is what I say for the tending of the sweet, resplendent places. - Waiting: Instructions in Texts and Pictures ↗

— Meg Sefton

#fiction #short-stories #forgiveness

These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#reading #short-story #understanding #change

she was lucky if he stood behind her. Not so lucky if he came to crush her. And a woman might only learn the truth of it—when he walked out of her life. Highlighted by 9 Kindle users ↗

— Lenore Wolfe

#historical-romance-fiction #inspirational-quotes #lenore-wolfe #inspirational

Everything changes except human behavior and its consequences. ↗

— Stephanie M. Sellers

#horses #lumbee-indians #mustangs #non-fiction #north-carolina

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#cons #fantasy #fiction #meet #overlap

She'd done the right thing in God's eyes. That's all that mattered. ↗

— Ann Shorey

#inspirational #inspirational

I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#cliched #effect #fiction #film #had

So when I saw you lying in the shed there, I thought that even God couldn't be that cruel. You were everything I ever asked for – so maybe you could also be the love of my life... ↗

— Osiris Brackhaus

#historical-romance #m-m-romance #love

When I write I feel like I can breathe. It’s like yoga for the brain. ↗

— Elise Stokes

#inspirational #writer #inspirational