#novels

I looked for any footmarks of course, but naturally, with all this rain, there wasn't a sign. Of course, if this were a detective story, there'd have been a convenient shower exactly an hour before the crime and a beautiful set of marks which could only have come there between two and three in the morning, but this being real life in a London November, you might as well expect footprints in Niagara. I searched the roofs right along—and came to the jolly conclusion that any person in any blessed flat in the blessed row might have done it. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#novels #real-life #beauty

Karena jika mengendapkannya, itu sama saja dia masih meletakkan gadis itu di dalam hatinya, di dalam memorinya. Dia masih akan mengingat wajah gadis itu, dan hal seperti ini bukan hal yang bagus untuk kehidupannya nanti. ↗

— Jee

#fiction-novel #fiction-writing #hurt-feelings #romance-love #romance-novels

Ella let out a squeal when I picked her up, “Jonathan!” I loved carrying her around in my arms. After all, modern man is just an illusion, we’re all still cavemen. We just wear better clothes now. ↗

— R. Matthews

#romance-novels #love

I understand now, why sometimes, you have to lose happiness to find it again… ↗

— Jennifer J. Hayes

#love-hurts #romance-novels #love

Mungkin kau harus berhenti memedulikan apa kata orang tentang dirimu. ↗

— Francisca Todi

#inspirational #relationship #romance #romance-novels #romantic

Honestly...this is why I write. I write to get the happy ending I sometimes feel is eluding me. I write for my sanity. ↗

— Debora Dennis

#romance-novels #writing #writing-quote #writing-romance #inspirational

I read somewhere once that getting lost is the best way to find yourself. ↗

— Joanne Clancy

#life #love #romance-novels #inspirational

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. ↗

— Dorothy Allison

#books #growing #growing up #horror #i

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#comic #comic books #graphic #graphic novels #great

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#books #character #character development #development #harder