"Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God."

-- Francine Rivers

#Heart Quotes #Mind Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.”

Source : Linda Grant (1991). “Blind Trust”, Fawcett Books
“You have to be very clear with yourself about how you're going to spend your time. When a child is at school or napping, you need to realize that this is your writing time and you don't spend it surfing the Internet or reading.”

Source : "Romance Unlaced: Interview with Elizabeth Hoyt (plus excerpt!)". Interview with Madeline Hunter, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. April 22, 2015.
“But when a manâ€™s religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him.”
“Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.”

Source : Robinson Jeffers, Tim Hunt (1988). “The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Poetry 1903-1920, prose, and unpublished writings”, p.425, Stanford University Press
“You breathe better when you're rich.”
“I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.”
“We are divided of course between liking to feel the past strange and liking to feel it familiar.”
“If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call.”

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