Quotes of: Novel Keyword

If she was going to write a novel, she felt defeated before she began, because someone might be coming along to pick it apart, looking for symbols like The Conch or The Whale, which seemed to have mythic proportions.

The Novelist

How many senators have taken their conception of what America can do from what they’ve seen on the American movie screen?

In the Light of What We Know: A Novel

A simple creature unlettyrde. Julian of Norwich called herself. The most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. Echoed Jane Austen—four hundred years afterward.

The Last Novel

I mean, my age is just a number. So what if you were born in the era when they still used rotary phones and cassette tapes? I think it’s cute.

Safe & Sound: A Novel

Always remember that with privilege comes responsibility. You must go to Casa Azul and see the place you came from. Only then will you be able to understand how far you've come.

Stay with Me: A Novel

He offered me a ride up from the abyss and I took it. But a ride with the devil is never free. And accepting that ride can only lead to hell.

Son of a Itch (A J.J. McCall Novel)

He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly heroes of the penny dreadfuls and shilling novels never had these problems getting kissed.

Stardust

Your understanding and interpretation of [a novel] is undoubtedly unique…and that is the real beauty of the relationship that joins readers, books and writers together in a literary trinity—a bookish triumvirate.

The Twenty-Five Deeds of Hanson Drake

—No hay vuelta atrás- susurra... —Una vez esté dentro de ti, serás mía. ... —Quiero ser tuya- respondo en un susurro entrecortado—. Quiero pertenecer a ti, Drew. Sólo a ti.

One Week Girlfriend: A Novel

The world may be about to end, but if it's going to end, we'll goddamn well give it our best shot first. And this is the place to do it.

Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization

The bridge is said to bestow good luck on lovers who share a kiss right where we are standing. Ethan Sterling - Private Emotions

The Private Emotions Trilogy Romance Novels

Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.

Pirouettes on a Postage Stamp: An Interview-Novel with Questions Asked and Answers Recorded by László Szigeti

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

[Rylie:] I was thinking about that short you directed--The Pier. I wondered if you had a video or a reel of it somewhere. [Finn:] You want to see my short. Why? [Rylie:] Color me curious.

Quiet on the Set: A Novel

[A] great novel will allow you to transcend the social, racial and political limitations imposed by the vicissitudes of life and to find a deep fraternity based on empathy.

The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books

Hooray! I finally finished making a new book cover. Now I just need to write the book. The cover is the image of a man hanging, so perhaps I’ll write a romance novel.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.

Ten Things I Love About You

I wondered what he would have thought if he'd known that I'd gleaned most of my information from reading historical romance novels.

Violet Eyes

Simon’s love life was complicated, but there was a pang, just for a moment, for this woman talking graphic novels with him. Ah, well. Tessa Gray, foxy nerd, was probably dating someone already.

The Whitechapel Fiend

Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious.

Women

You've got to breathe! And make the bridge between the top half of your body and the bottom. Between the woman in you who's sweet and tender, and the woman in you who's a bitch.

The Wholeness of a Broken Heart: A Novel