3,834 Quotes About Fiction

"Any other man would have done either of two things by now: they would have tried to run, or they would have begged for mercy. But Loch isn’t just any man."

"Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living a happy and healthy life, but on a deeper level stories help us explore issues that are otherwise difficult to address. On one hand a good book helps us escape our troubles, and on the other hand it can help us face up to those troubles by bringing real issues to the fore, often in a more manageable way, since the problems are experienced vicariously through the eyes of another."

"The forest spoke in a language all its own but one that he understood. It whispered where the rivers ran and where caves delved deep. Quieter it spoke of roots and rocks and creatures of the night. He listened intently, his steps fell soundless and even but for the rattle of his wrists."

"Lots of women read fiction. Most men don't. Women read fiction written by women and by men. Most men don't. If a man opens a novel,. he likes to have a masculine name on the cover; it's reassuring somehow. You never know what might happen to that external genitalia if you immerse yourself in imaginary doings concocted by someone with the goods on the inside."

"The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that novel reading was a dangerous luxury and an utter waste of time."

"She was grateful for finding a deeper meaning."

"Her audience had forgotten her, but the trees never would."

"I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out."

"Without fiction, there is no imagination; without imagination, no dreams; without dreams, facts hardly matter."