#novel

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

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

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#novel

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#novel

How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! ↗

— Dodie Smith

#novel

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for. ↗