Novel Quotes Quotes

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Some people you meet and they're your friend for a day. Some you meet and you never really know at all. And then there are those who get caught inside your soul and stay there forever.”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“I had a daddy, didn't I? He wasn't perfect and he certainly wasn't the one I'd dreamed he would have been, but I had one all the same. And I'd love him as much as I'd hated him, hadn't I? All that distance, all that time wasted, but the fact that he'd inspired such passion in me meant something in itself. I can honestly say now that I think that's special. Screwed up and turned inside out, we were special him and me, and I am so thankful that I can say that I had a daddy and that he mattered. All his faults and failures mean nothing to me now.”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“Sometimes the changes are good. Sometimes you think they're good and you end up disappointed. Other times you think life has handed you a lemon and it turn out to be a diamond. And there are other times when it just is what it is. It's not what you wanted, but there's nothing you can do about it, so you just have to accept what's happened and go on”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“. We were young. Love had a way of making us fearless because we knew that no matter what happened, if we fell on our face as we entered the ring or conquered the world in battle, in the end it would just be us, together.”
― Melodie Ramone, After Forever Ends

“History teaches us that the greatest authors are those who wrote silently without hope of praise or REWARD.
They wrote to defend principles and win people's hearts, and not to please a Prize committee or win a literary AWARD.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“How can the Book Award Judges’ decision be right when we know that submitting the same books to different panels will result in different winners!”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Literary Awards offer no guarantee that the fame they create will last. Today, not many readers know the authors who won the Nobel prize in literature in the thirties, forties, fifties or even nineties. But, who doesn’t know William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo or Jean-Paul Sartre who stood the test of time without winning a prestigious prize?”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“People were funny. They thought having a drone hanging outside the window was too invasive, but a lifelog didn’t strike the same chord. The recording feature didn’t feel invasive.”
― Hieronymus Hawkes, Effacement

“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 ash the only evidence of its passing.

Love is, instead, a campfire:
it provides ample heat and comfort
to the twosome who sit before it,
and although its flames may at times wane,
a well-tended campfire’s embers can be nurtured and fanned
until the flames once again dance brightly and cheerfully,
providing comfort to the couple
who cherish the gentle warmth it ministers.”
― J. Conrad Guest, January's Paradigm

“I see you,” he said ever so softly.
I knew exactly what he meant, because I too saw myself for the first time.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“His kisses fed the slow burn of an ever-growing flame.”
― Carlyle Labuschagne, The Broken Destiny

“पल्लवी उपन्यास को एक तरफ रख कर बोली, “उपन्यास के काल्पनिक पात्रों का संबंध हमारे समाज के विभिन्न इंसानों से है। एक इंसान को समझने में शायद एक उम्र कम पड़ जाए, परन्तु उपन्यास को चंद घंटे पढ़ने के बाद इनके काल्पनिक पात्रों के माध्यम से आप विभिन्न प्रकार के इंसानों के सभी आयामों से भली-भाँति परिचित हो जाते हैं। अब देखिए न, आप कितना बोल चुके, फिर भी मैं आपको अभी तक समझ नहीं पाई और इससे भी कम शब्दों में उपन्यास का पात्र अपने सभी व्यक्तित्वों से हमें परिचित करा देता है, तो आप ही बताएँ समय किसके साथ बिताना चाहिए। एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के साथ जो ताउम्र एक पहेली बन कर रहे या जिसका चरित्र शीशे जैसा साफ़ हो।” उपन्यास 'एक नदी चार किनारे,”
― Rakesh Kumar Srivastava 'Rahi'

“¨En el sueño, me gustaba pertenecer a esa bestia de la noche. Me estaba devorando y dándome una especie de placer sádico. Alimentaba la oscuridad interior que había crecido como un tumor dentro de mí.¨”
― Raluca Mirela Petrescu, La hija del Ganges

ҬLa oscuridad lo succionaba
como un remolino, en movimientos circulares, mientras que
el relámpago electrocutaba su cuerpo y lo rompía en miles de
pedazos. Su mirada moribunda se había encontrado con la mía
y dos lágrimas cayeron por dos mejillas distintas que se habían
unido para formar una.¨”
― Raluca Mirela Petrescu, La hija del Ganges

“It starts with the heart. But the human heart is created weak. It's instinct to despise, hate and oppress what makes us weaker. Overcoming our instincts is the way to a strong heart. Humankind’s survival is dependent on the unity of strong hearts.”
― Veronica Purcell, Applicant

“That’s what makes men like Chairman Yan frightened of him. Leon is a man capable of the pen and sword.”
― Veronica Purcell, Applicant

“Can’t look back, or my good memories will be tainted.”
― Veronica Purcell, Applicant

“I doubt the kid will lose his head that easily. His eyes are constantly looking for hope.”
― Veronica Purcell, Applicant

“You're civilians now. Take back the honor the country borrowed from you, and reclaim it for yourselves. You owe it to your families and friends whom you have returned to.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“Hinata swooned and eased into Eiji's embrace. If only this moment could last forever. They both knew that tomorrow was another day closer to when Eiji had to return to war.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“It's true. No matter how cold or dark life becomes. I can always see the sun with you by my side." Eiji tenderly kissed Hinata's forehead. "Never leave me.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“Then you worry about how much honor to your country you can justify to an enemy soldier's death." Sean added his perspective from the back seat.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“Of course, terms of surrender were better fed from one of your own. If they didn't like the message, there was no harm in shooting down the messenger for effect.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“The sound of slowly dripping water stirred Eiji's mind back to consciousness.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“Agendas, political disadvantages, invasions, and mass destruction, all that wasn't the cat's fault or business. There was no way he could be mean or evil to a harmless third party. The poor thing was in the wrong place.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“He gingerly weaved his way through his fellow captives, noting their crestfallen expressions and heads hanging low.”
― Veronica Purcell, To My Sunflower

“Let me know that I've done wrong, when I've known this all along I go around a time or two, just to waste my time with you”
― AliaZalea, Dirty Little Secret

“When we live such fragile lives, it's the best way to survive”
― AliaZalea, Dirty Little Secret

“De când îi crescuse un mic cireş pe umărul stâng, viaţa lui se întorsese cu susul în jos. Puţinii prieteni pe care îi avea erau de negăsit, colegii de redacţie îi adresau cuvinte cu zgârcenie, iar vecinii îl ocoleau. Ba uneori îi aruncau câte o privire piezișă şi îşi dădeau ochii peste cap. Copăcelul era mic, cam cât degetul lui arătător şi trebuia udat o dată la trei zile, altfel îl durea. Făcea nişte cireşe minuscule, ca nişte pistrui. Nu înţelegea de unde atitudinea asta ostilă faţă de el, că doar nu era cu nimic mai prejos decât ceilalţi. Era pur şi simplu „mai mult”.”
― Teodora Gheorghe, Cireșul trist și toate lucrurile invizibile