“What on Earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?” Anthony Trollope
Favorite Quotations
Terry Brooks
“If you don’t think there is magic in writing, you probably won’t write anything magical.” Terry Brooks
Kate Braverman
“Writing is like hunting. There are brutally cold afternoons with nothing in sight, only the wind and your breaking heart. Then the moment when you bag something big. The entire process is beyond intoxicating.” Kate Braverman
James Baldwin
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important […]
Jeffrey Eugenides
“I arrived at college not knowing much, however. It wasn’t until my twenties that I became a serious reader. Between the ages of twenty and thirty, I read with a vicariousness unmatched in any other decade of my life. I was trying to become less stupid.” Jeffrey Eugenides
Marjorie Celona
“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over.” Marjorie Celona