#kel

‎"Based on a true story"? No, thanks. I prefer "based on a true imagination". ↗

— Enkelejd Lamaj

#enkelejd-lamaj #quotes #true-imagination #true-story #imagination

Sometimes we just have to admit that there are things we can't know. Why is your sister ill? why did my father die?" she held my hand. "Sometimes we think we should be able to know everything. But we can't. We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine" - Mina ↗

— David Almond

#imagination

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#beyond #both #climb #compelled #enjoy

When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#inspirational #keladry-of-mindelan #squire #tamora-pierce #inspirational

What if I don’t choose you, Kellan? What will you do?” He looked away, a tear rolling down his cheek. “I’ll leave, Kiera. I’ll leave, and you and Denny can have your happily ever after.” He looked back at me. “You wouldn’t even need to tell him about me. Eventually, the two of you…” his voice broke and another tear fell on his cheek, “the two of you would get married, and have children, and have a great life.” I fought back a sob. “And you? What happens to you in that scenario?” “I…get by. And I miss you, every day,” he whispered. ↗

— S.C. Stephens

#thoughtless #life

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time. ↗

— Lauren Barnholdt

#kelsey #reading #the-thing-about-the-truth #life

Life is'nt about getting everything you want the instant you want it.Some thing are worth waiting for. ↗

— Mira Lyn Kelly

#mira-lynn-kelly #novels #quotes #waking-up-married #life

She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what she had too little valued while it was yet in her possession. What a vain show Life seemed! How unsubstantial, and flickering, and flitting! It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, ‘All are shadows!—all are passing!—all is past! ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#margaret-hale #north-and-south #quotes #life

Such is life. ↗

— Ned Kelly

#life

I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#caleb #love #maggie #return-to-paradise #simone-elkeles