"Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings"

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Source : Julius Lester (2003). “When Dad Killed Mom”, p.207, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Julius Lester

#Book Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the reader is the singular event that distinguishes one such voyage from all the others and makes for a story worth telling.”
“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
“To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there.”

Source : John Banville (2009). “The Untouchable”, p.31, Vintage
“The future of India lies in its villages”
“What is the cause of all God's purposes towards us? Himself. There is no other cause.”

Source : Thomas Goodwin (1861). “The Works of Thomas Goodwin”, p.70
“All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a child.”
“The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity.”
“All of you cowboys, fight for your land.”

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