353 Quotes About Literary-fiction

When life disappoints, one must apply one’s will, not crumple.

He loves the most beautiful woman in the world. And like Sir Lancelot, he shall love her exceedingly well.

He has been preparing his life and his poetry for just such a woman, just such intermingling of beauty and sorrow and mystery. But a woman like her will not settle into the role of helpmeet or muse; she is too adventurous, too vital, too fond of sensation. She will want to be, an ally. An equal. What can he, a poor student of poetry, offer her? Only his words.

When one is busy, as she was in Donegal, life whistles by. One struggles to keep up with oneself. It is vital, when one slows down, to be conscious of small things, small moments. To take pains.

Women come more easily to that wisdom which ancient peoples, and all wild peoples even now, think the only wisdom.

For Thanksgiving, a quote from my book, The Restaurant Reviewer, with deepest thanks for all the bounty:In the kitchen here ingredients are cherished. This restaurant remembers that food tastes good.

Can't stop what's coming. Ain't no waiting on you. That's vanity.

Apparently, faith in life is one thing and faith in literature is another.

There comes a hush between darkness and day.Like expectation of a caress.A murmur of silence. Tree crests peeked down at Paulette through slowly lifting fog. Bark felt around for its texture again. Morning gathered and drifted through mere hints; through vague hopeful nuances of ‘Just maybe’.- From "The Gardens of Ailana" handbook for healers & mystics