#novel

Afterwards, as he held me and stroked my hair, my body was singing with pleasure, I couldn’t believe I had waited so long. I thought of how we had wasted a whole year we could have had together and I felt so sad I wanted to cry. ↗

— Somi Ekhasomhi

#romance #romance-novels #love

Me pregunto cómo sería el mundo si todos viviéramos realmente como si no hubiera mañana. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#novel #love

No sé, todavía qué es lo que separa el aprecio del amor. ↗

— Jane Austen

#novel #love

A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#novels #short-fiction #short-stories #writing #writing-process

No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o’clock news, the mumblings of wild men saddled by demons. ↗

— Ishmael Reed

#novels #writers #writing #men

While I stood on the front porch, watching him climb into his vehicle, I breathed in the humid air. I looked at the cloudless sky, and the blue vastness of it made me think about the endless opportunities that lay ahead for me. Life, I knew, was going to be different now… better. I was going to live for today and for the future. Dear past… thank you for the lessons. Dear future… I am ready. ↗

— Debra Kay

#contemporary-romance #erotic-romance #fiction #military-romance #romance

Selingkuh: meninggalkan yang tak sempurna untuk yang lebih tak sempurna. ↗

— Christian Simamora

#relationship-advice #romance #romance-novels #sad-but-true #selingkuh

The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is! (Jamie Sullivan) ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#problems

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#novel

Roschach's Journal: October 12th, 1985 Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper "No. ↗

— Alan Moore

#graphic-novels #the-watchmen #dog