#novel

The bridge is said to bestow good luck on lovers who share a kiss right where we are standing. Ethan Sterling - Private Emotions ↗

— Elize Amornette

#books-romance #elize-amornette #elize-amornette-author #erotic-short-stories #paranormal-romance

I have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#england #homophobia #homosexuality #lgbt-literature #maurice-novel

Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#right

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it. ↗

— Alan Moore

#hurting #past #v-for-vendetta #hurt

I have come to understand something about novels," Tessa said. "And what is that?" "They are not true. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#novel

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#cliche #novels #originality #writing #influence

Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: you have to learn the rhythm of respiration, acquire the pace; otherwise you stop right away. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#novel

She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the first time she’d ever seen him; she remembered their kiss on the boat dock the night of his sister’s wedding. And she heard again the words she’d said to him on the day they’d said good-bye. She was besieged by a storm of conflicting emotions—desire, regret, longing, fear, grief, love. There was so much to say, yet what could they really begin to say in this awkward setting and with so much time already passed? ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#novel #love

Ah yes, now you’re beginning to feel it. It’s so satisfying to see my best efforts coming to fruition. Undoubtedly one of the most gratifying rewards of my profession. It would warm my heart—if I had one. ↗

— Jaye Frances

#ebooks #fantasy #fiction #jaye-frances #kdp-select

Arvex led the others into the light. “Wrecked if I ever dash miners again! This is one royal who won’t wipe their boots on our cousins anymore.” His grin made the carnage seem trivial. ↗

— Jennifer Silverwood

#qeya #sci-fi #ya-novella #sci-fi