Love is not a forest fire that burns intensely,hotly and out of control for a brief moment until,its expendable fuel spent,it sputters,seeking in vain for something else to consume,to sustain itself before, finally,it dies:cold, black...

A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement

It takes skill to win a battle, but brains to win a war.

The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.

Yo amo”.No hay pasado, no hay futuro, no hay imperativo, no hay terceraspersonas.

L’orgoglio è un difetto assai comune. Da tutto quello che ho letto, sono convinta che è assai frequente; che la natura umana vi è facilmente incline e che sono pochi quelli che tra noi non...

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.

When I’m writing I don’t want anyone else in the room – including myself.

A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon runner. Serendipity and blind faith faith in yourself won’t hurt...

Half asleep, he wondered whether that might not have been his happiest day ever, the last, perfect day swelling with the immensity of his secret intent, secret creation—the day before everything changed—the day before he...

I tried to hate you, to forgive you, all just to forget you, but I’m only capable of loving you. You’re tattooed onto my skin, and the more I try to erase you, the deeper...

To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real?

Escribir como forma de vida o de muerte, depende de la trama.

This guy was a humorless bag of nothing but.

Focus. She’s Maddie. Your friend. Would you eyeball Keith or Dane’s butt like that? ~ Zach

I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sober pasture, just as it had for Saint Augustine. I...

It’s always nice to learn a thing or two from a novel, don’t you think?

Love is something that is beyond us. We can’t anticipate love. When, where and with whom we fall in love is coincidental and wonderful for the same reason.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it’s yours.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Isn’t it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and...

I think every first-person narrator in a novel should be compromised. I prefer that word to ‘unreliable.’

Then she loved him as she would a manifestation of herself, both silenced and wounded in existence, both everything and nothing to eternity.

In the city, human beings celebrated and enjoyed material conditions and comforts, but were caught in the labyrinths and knots of spiritual shallowness and psychological confusion. In the city human beings wrestled with the demands...

Outside of the dreary rubbish that is churned out by god knows how many hacks of varying degrees of talent, the novel is, it seems to me, a very special and rarefied kind of literary...

He looks out the window at the falling snow, then turns and takes his wife in his arms, feeling grateful to be here even as he wonders what he is going to do with his...

Melupakan berarti berusaha menghapus kenangan, sedangkan merelakan berarti belajar melepaskan.

Looking at the stars is a glimpse of history. Some of the things we see are millions of light-years away. Everything in the universe has a past but stars don’t try to hide it. They...

¡Dios bendiga los tiempos antiguos, en que existían cosas raras…!

My Name Is Latif Mercado, And I Am… A Workaholic!

A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.

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

Even if we try to conform to ideals and strive for perfection, we will always be pulled back to our core identity because it’s the path of least resistance for our souls – an energy...

…and his eyes had that splendid innocence, that opaque blue candour of the satanically fallen. ~ The French Lieutenant’s Woman

The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

On my website there’s a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: “The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world...

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

Who says only long tedious novels are good to read when all that can be summed up in one line

Monsters are real and ghosts are real too they live inside us and sometimes they win.

A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.

A tightrope walker uncertain if he could make it to the other side probably would not. A race car driver wondering if he was taking a turn too fast was likely to lose control. If...

Aku Tidak mau menjadi RELAWAN, Tapi seorang PAHLAWAN!Relawan menolong kapanpun dan dimanapun, Tapi aku hanya akan menolong di SAAT yang TEPAT!

To be honest with you, I don’t have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk...

If we’re open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives… to change us. It might be a laughing child, car brakes that need fixing, a sale on pot roast,...

When you care for someone, you don’t ruin their life!

Apa kamu lupa cara merinduku? Atau sebenarnya memang tidak pernah?

Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.

I’ve been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

…Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times… …Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on… Quote on the Title Page of “Love TORN Asunder

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