Quotes by Novelists

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster

Life Courage Entails Ceases Either

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. E. W. Howe

You Old Laugh Troubles Learn Anything Grow

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. E. W. Howe

Good Man Worth Advice Scare More Than Good Advice

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. E. W. Howe

Criticism Consider Abuse Friends Expect Them Your

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. E. W. Howe

Man Woman More Never Than Forgive Acquaintance Should Who

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance. Eden Phillpotts

Life You Fool Gives Never Know Till Chance

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Edna Ferber

Seen Sight Rarely Writers Read Should

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. Edna O'Brien

Vote Women Nothing Armed Should Means

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt. Edna O'Brien

Guilt Long Catholic Irish Irish Catholic Iceberg

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. Edward Dahlberg

Writing Our Ancestors Farming Conscience

I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. Elie Wiesel

God Faith Silence Religious About Having Wrote Course Answer Does Question Questioned Very Stopped Mean Night

Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. Elie Wiesel

Alone Solitude World Despair Would Look Am Were Choose Right

It used to be said that when the Baal Shem Tov came into a town, his impact was so strong, he didn't have to speak. His disciples had to dance or to sing or to preach to have the same effect. I think a real messenger, myself or anyone, by the very fact that he is there as a person, as a symbol, could have the same impact. Elie Wiesel

Myself Speak Strong Dance Preach Think Impact Fact Could Had He Town Sing Messenger Disciples Said Real Came His Effect Very Person Same Anyone Used Symbol

It's clear to me that one can't be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic - all these will not exist without Israel. Elie Wiesel

Me Will Religious Clear Without Israel Exist Zionist Jewish

The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. Elie Wiesel

Bible Laws Only Also Stories

We are minor in everything but our passions. Elizabeth Bowen

Our Everything Minor Passions

I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss. Elizabeth Gilbert

Love Great Wonderful World Passion Great Deal Kiss First Affection Love Story Down Think Road Excitement Wisest Know Look First Kiss Deal How Still Years Expect Begins Did Romance Ends Story Should Your Down The Road Thing Necessarily Night

Every few years, I think, 'Maybe now I'm finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand 'Ulysses.' So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I'm like, 'What the hell?' Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm a pleaser. That's my character. Elizabeth Gilbert

Character Pleaser