Inspirational Novel Quotes

I think: perhaps the sky is a huge sea of fresh water and we, instead of walking under it, walk on top of it; perhaps we see everything upside down and the earth is a kind of sky, so that when we die, when we die, we fall and sink into the sky. ~ Jose Luis Peixoto

Suffering is tossed by handfuls over the multitudes, with most of it falling on some people and little or none of it on others. ~ Jose Luis Peixoto

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 a thing. All the bastards in the world will snicker and sneer because they haven't the talent to zip up their flies by themselves. To hell with them, particularly the critics. Stand in there, son, no matter how badly you are battered and hurt. ~ Leon Uris

I've seen enough cowboys in my life to know I don't want one for a husband."
...Victoria
"Every good man I know is a cowboy."
...Colt
Promises Kept ~ Scarlett Dunn

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. ~ Janet Frame

Everyone needs a place to let go and unwind from life, mine happens to be where pencil meets paper. ~ Brandy Nacole

No matter how much restitution she paid with every word and deed, her blood-stained hands could never really be clean, even if no one else knew they were dirty. ~ Stacy Hawkins Adams

The God Factor Saga is a complex blockbuster in genre of This Present Darkness meets Anne of Green Gables. This saga is a romantic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, and inspirational novel tucked into the stories of children who grow up to be men and women with Divine purpose. ~ J. Nell Brown

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 and experience of a wide kind."

I've always found that inspiring because the written word, as an art form, is unlike any other: movies, TV, music, they're shared experiences, but books aren't like that. The relationship between a writer and a reader is utterly unique to those two individuals. The world that forms in your head as you read a book will be slightly different to that experienced by every other reader. Anywhere. Ever. Reading is very personal, a communication from one mind to another, something which can't be exactly copied, or replicated, or directly shared.

If I read the work of, say, one of the great Victorian novelists, it's like a gift from the past, a momentary connection to another's thoughts. Their ideas are down on paper, to be picked up by me, over a century later. Writers can speak individually to readers across a year, or ten years, or a thousand.

That's why I love books. ~ Simon Cheshire

Do you plan on marrying Charles?"
She shook her head.
"Good. I wouldn't want to shoot him, but I would."
... Finding Promise ~ Scarlett Dunn

When it becomes acceptable to kill another man or woman, childhood dies." whispered Laurence. "When it becomes acceptable to kill a child…humanity dies. ~ Kipjo Kenyatta Ewers

So you think that money is the root of all evil? [ ... ] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil? ~ Ayn Rand

Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story, a perceptive consideration of the callous whim of circumstance and, perhaps most important, a beautiful piece of prose. I guarantee this is a book that will haunt you long after you've turned the last page. ~ William Kent Krueger

Life is improvisation. ~ Tina Fey

There are no guarantees in this life, only strong possibilities. That's enough for me. ~ Morgan Rhodes

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small. ~ Myles Munroe

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling. ~ Zainab Salbi

There is no such thing in the world as a "self-made man" or a "self-made woman". We've received so much from so many for so long that we can't even keep count. But, simply because we can't keep count, doesn't mean we discount. ~ Sharad Vivek Sagar

We watched, and he taught us like he did every day we were with him. He showed us how to forgive. ~ Rob Buyea

One day of positive thinking won't change your life. You must actively; every day, be working to change your thoughts into positive ones. The work you put into changing your life is the progress you get out. ~ Avina Celeste

Stop waiting for life to show up. You don't live life by waiting for it to come to you; you live through actions. You want to travel? Then travel. You want to write? Then write. You want to live? Then live. Your life is in no one's hands but your own. If you want to do something, no one is stopping you except yourself. There isn't going to be a perfect moment, time, or opportunity: there is only now. You've been waiting for a sign? Here it is: to truly live, you actually have to participate. Get up and get going. Now. ~ Avina Celeste

I don't need any plastic in my body to validate me as a woman. ~ Courtney Love

Unless you pay the price for success you will not know its worth. ~ Apoorve Dubey

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Did I miss something?
Yes! I missed u :( ~ Yazan Ammar

The only regret we should have is allowing regret to hold us back from taking action now. ~ Charles F. Glassman

As long as I breathe, I live in love, in the light of life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

And even if you hate her, can't stand her, even if she's ruining your life, there's something about her, some romance, some power. She's absolutely herself. No matter how hard you try, you'll never get to her. And when she dies, the world will be flat, too simple, reasonable, fair. ~ Mona Simpson

The strongest force in our universe is not overriding power, but love. ~ Carl R. Rogers

The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It's their energy. Manage it well. ~ Robin Sharma

Enter into the activities of the world, without getting overjoyed by success or totally put out by failure. Whether they love you or hate you, it doesn't much matter. What matters is stillness. ~ Frederick Lenz

Your style is your style and that's the only way you can shine. ~ Chukwuka Amu

Happiness is created and not found, it's a state of mind and in its best form, it stands independent of life circumstances. ~ Jaeda DeWalt

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy. ~ Orson Scott Card

Mates such as they must stand by one another ~ Mary Grant Bruce

Wisdom is merely the counter power used against on your unique talents to prevent them turning into your deadly curses. ~ Alper Mazun

You are more ready and able to grasp at opportunity when your hands are empty. ~ Christy Hall

It's in our blind trust that love will find us, just like it has before. ~ Emily Saliers

The thing about learning how to fight is that - some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters; but they don't usually point out that others just aren't. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are. The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down. I don't think it's a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and learning when to be soft. Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting. ~ C. JoyBell C.

I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel ~ Haruki Murakami

After hell comes heaven. ~ Nora Roberts

When we elevate others, we elevate ourselves. Let's all go be "elevators."
KMR ~ Kathleen M. Rodgers

I advise everyone to choose a religion based upon the beauty that the religion has brought to the world. There is much to be said about every religion, there is much evil in history written about every religion, and at the end of the day, you're only going to find out which one works after you're dead and if you're lucky, that won't happen soon! Simply put, you believe in the things that you believe in right now, because you were indoctrinated with fear from a very young age, forward. You fear straying a path that you were told you should walk on. So what path should you really walk on? Walk on the path that has created, is creating, and will be creating - beauty. The only real sign of anything worthwhile, is beauty. The true religion is the belief in what is beautiful. So if something creates a beauty in your heart and in the world - walk that path. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. Death is the opposite of birth. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Read. Read until your eyes are sore. Then read some more. ~ Lisa Bloom

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. ~ Wilbur Smith

Once You Feel Like You Are Avoided By Someone,
Never Disturb Them Again.. ~ Anynomous

Let us be like the moon with love and beauty.
Let us follow the night to love the tranquility and serenity. ~ Debasish Mridha

Sometimes you have to get close to the edge to remind yourself what life's about. It's not just about rules or what's on TV tonight. It's about taking a second to look up and admire the universe. - Katarina Kozlov ~ Dannika Dark

In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds ~ Fela Durotoye

Let us express our deepest gratitude for every moment that we spend in loving, laughing, and living out time that we call life. ~ Debasish Mridha

The sacred moment, cannot be substitute for either yesterday or tomorrow. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Why, there's the air, the sky, the morning, the evening, moonlight, my friends, women, the beautiful architecture of Paris to study, three big books to write and all sorts of other things. Anaxagoras used to say that he was in the world in order to admire the sun. And then I have the good fortune to be able to spend my days from morning to night in the company of a man of genius - myself - and it's very pleasant. ~ Victor Hugo

In Africa, we were around thousands of people who have seen a lot of poverty, but they were fun at the end of the day. ~ Angelina Jolie

Every interaction presents an opportunity for growth, one of the keys to our limitless potential. ~ Simon Boylan

Poverty is often equated with liability. How cruel this world is? ~ Moutasem Algharati