353 Quotes About Literary-fiction

Literature, in sum, tries to give us the experiences of life without its sequelae or its exorbitant consequences as observed or personally paid for by the author.Thus, when it is a successful, Literature is a laboratory of the real world.

You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you’re unclean, shameful, indecent; it’s like you owe the world an apology for your very existence.

The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no questions asked. It gives us peace and comfort. As simple as I was, I found that resorting to this absolute nonsense was the root of all our problems. It was a road of willingly-learned helplessness, for no action could make a difference, thereby no action was needed.

I'm saying that figuring out what's important in life and how to go about getting it is very difficult. Sometimes you get confused and you get tempted to just let other people make the rules. And some people are really happy to make the rules for other people. Adam Lyons, the man who runs the epiphany machine, is one of those people.

After I’ve preached the last sermon I’ll ever deliver, I sit in my Audi with my dad’s Bible in one hand and a Glock 17 in the other, contemplating how to get away with a robbery. Soon this gun will make me money, send me to prison or kill me. My life is now that simple.

An audacious, gripping, and wise novel.

An audacious, gripping, and wise novel. -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred)

A sequel that improves on its predecessor. -- SPR

A thoughtful and powerfully written war novel. -- Kirkus Reviews