3,834 Quotes About Fiction

For if Dagon was now powerless and sightless, perhaps the God of the Hebrews had not been bested after all.

These hands were made to defend those who cannot decent themselves. And tonight, that means protecting your sister by fleeing Ashdod.

Follow the Ark, Arisa. Do not turn to the right of to the left, and do not stop until it dwells among the cedars and you are sheltered in perfect peace.

I ask questions mainly as a means of trying to figure out what the real question is.

Only when poetry is read can it become a hobby, a habit, a daily necessity. Only so can it become ‘literature’, enjoyment of which is no longer confined to the solemn moments of life or to special festivities, but which may be drawn upon as desired merely to pass the time of day. Poetry thus loses the last remnant of its numinous character and becomes mere ‘fiction’, mere invention which can arouse aesthetic interest without claiming any element of conviction

Exactly. If there’s something that conquers fear, it’s God’s love for you. Your Bible makes it clear.

We read to escape, to embrace, to challenge, and to understand. Reading enages our intellect, but also our empathy, and we are all the better for it.

Those who read only books that only entertain them have no significant advantage over those who can but do not read.

Fiction is all too often one rationalisation away from reality.(from the acknowledgements of "Unwind")