All Quotes By Tag: Fiction-novel

“No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent din in the writer’s head. And then, if you want peace, you just have to pull it out and freeze it in print. Nothing less would do.”

“I am a writer and things which don’t happen in real world, happen in my world.”

“You can’t break the broken.”

“The painbreached through the indolence of mind. But the dizzinessmade reactions very slow and stretched, like a novice stageactor stretching his death scene for missing queue of actors,leaving audience in splits.”

“لا أعلم كيف أخذتني الأمواج وحملتني وطرحتني خارجها إلى يابسة لم تطأها قدماي من قبل. التصقتْ رمالُ الشاطئ بوجنتي الملامسة للأرض. كنت أقرب إلى البرزخ من الاستفاقة، وإلى الغيبوبة من الصحوة. أهلوس بأسماء غريبة، وأصرخ بصوت غير مسموع”

“Entah mengapa, mendadak dia merasa bahwa berkenalan dengan si pemilik nama itu sepertinya akan menyenangkan.”

“Bagaimana bisa kau tidak menyukai hujan?Padahal hujan selalu mendekatkan kita.Oh, aku lupa. Kau mungkin tidak menganggapku sepenting itu.Aku bukan pemeran utama dalam lakon hidupmu.Aku hanya figuran yang hanya sesekali dibutuhkan.”

“Ah, ya, omong-omong, aku sangat merindukanmu. Apa kau merindukanku juga, mmm?”

“Aku mencintainya tanpa diketahui.Aku mencintainya dalam diam.Aku mencintainya dalam satu sudut pandang.Aku mencintainya di satu sisi.Ya, aku percaya.Jika takdirku adalah dirimu,kau akan memilihku. Nanti.”

“Gloria watched the swollen white orb of a hot-air balloon rising over Navy Pier and knew she had to break it off with Oliver, for he was the type who would never enjoy hot-air balloons, Van Morrison songs, or mess, whether from orgasm or otherwise. But who was she to be dreaming about mess today?”

“Lily looks back down at the necklace in her hand that Kavita had given her. “It must have cost a fortune.””It did.” He confirms. “Though not nearly as much as you’re worth.”Lily looks up at him. “Don’t say that. You hurt me everytime you speak.”

“I don’t know who he was,” Kavita flat-out states, “but whoever he was he sure did a number on you, didn’t he?”Mary leans forward to ensure he would see her deviant stare. “Did it ever occur to you that maybe I did a number on him?”Kavita leans in closer as well, and with that same deviant expression, “Yes. I have.”

“The white lily stands for purity. Artists for centuries have pictured the angel Gabriel coming to the virgin Mary with a spray of lillies in his hand, to announce that she is to be the mother of the Turks.”

“You know,” Kavita begins, “I think I can pick out my own furniture. I am an artist after all. I do have some taste.””No you don’t.” Nick plainly states. “No man has taste. Besides, I didn’t pick it out, she did. Wives are good for things like that.”

“Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. “Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?””Just the usual.” She answers. “Shattered dreams.”