#novel

I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#gay-men #homosexuality #lgbt-literature #love #maurice-novel

I've needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from me. Logan to Madeline ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#romance-novels #love

Ketika cinta tak memilih jenis kelamin, Cinta pun menjadi terlarang. “Aku mencintaimu, karena aku mencintaimu. ↗

— Andrei Aksana

#love #love

في الحب اليائس ، نخترع شخصيات لشركائنا في الحياة ونطلب منهم أن يكونوا كما نريدهم أن يكونوا ، ثم ننهار حين يرفضون لعب الدور الذي اخترعناه في الأساس ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love #novel #love

Veils of love which was only hate petrified by longing--that was me. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#love

We talked to each other as you'd talk to a stranger you'd met while drunk after the barman calls for last orders, sure you wouldn't remember the other's face in the morning. (69) ↗

— Elina Hirvonen

#love

The gods command that there can be only one king. But I swear that I am no better than a common soldier today, and you are as good as kings. Each man here is part of me. So what’s left for the king to say? Only two words, but they are the two that your hearts want to hear. Victory.And home!” Then his command cracked like a whip. “All together—move! ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#novel #home

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. ↗

— Novalis

#novels #reading #life

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#critics #i #master #novel #popular

I did not think much what I was writing them for, except that I knew I wanted my next novel to be in some less conventional form than straight narrative. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#did #except #form #i #knew