#novels

If Alex has chosen you, then I want you to believe that I have chosen you as well. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#alex

A story conducted by the time of a clock and calendars alone would be a story not of human beings but of mechanical toys. ↗

— Mary Lascelles

#clock #novels #stories #art

Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?" "Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#fiction-novel #fictional #love #lovers #lovers-love-story

When I told you I didn't want you it was the blackest kind of blasphemy ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#romance-novels

I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#best #i #i believe #myself #novels

His embrace left her breathless and restored all the faith she'd lost in the power of love. When their lips parted, she sighed and said, 'I don't need a party or anything else. All I need is you. I love you.' (Wildflowers) ↗

— Catherine Greenfeder

#faith

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#excuses #find #like #novel #novels

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. ↗

— James Buchan

#authors #cutting #disgust #effects #favourite

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#came #character #day #else #god

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#anything #builds #certainly #done #gives