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In other words, that works of history are mere collections of facts. It is fiction alone that can show us the true nature of human beings — Daisaku Ikeda

Forcing the muse to let thoughts flow; equals to pushing a child, into labor. — Aniruddha Sastikar

He rubbed my arm, whispering words that sounded like moth bodies flying into glass windows. — Lauren DeStefano

He rubbed at his face, as if seeking to awaken the right words from muscle, blood and bone. — Steven Erikson

When I write, I do not like using ten dollar words. I like the fifty-centers. Everybody has fifty-cents, even those that are too proud to admit it. — T.A. Cline

That's what a poem is. Words which have a hidden meaning. A poem is like a secret. — Monique Roffey

Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta have a giggle.) — Stephen B. Pearl

Ari's words felt like drops of sunlight upon my skin, and my frame was burning with longing. — Petra March

Flour and butter, cream and sugar, words and images -- all the ingredients for a rich, tasty story. — Rona Simmons

There are some wounds unreachable by words, some sins immune to apology. — Amy Hatvany

No, I thought. No way. I love her too much. I would never do that. And then again, those two words, her voice, exploding inside my head: "Tyler, wait! — Amy Hatvany

We're only as good as our word. — Sunanda J. Chatterjee

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. — Chinua Achebe

But you mark my words: I will be there when everything you love is destroyed. Everything you didn't even believe you would have. — Ana Franco

Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by. — Bette Lee Crosby

No one is ever too old for stories." ~ Durban Chola — E.M. Swift-Hook

I believe the Lord has chosen me to spread His word through my words and who am I to question His plans for me? — Cindy Bauer

I consider whoever my words land on to be my target, that's why I like flash fiction, it's a lot like using a shotgun. — Neil Leckman

Love is the only emotion so unexplainable and unique, that not even the greatest of writers could hope to contain it within their meagre words. — Ross Turner

If Miss Elton spoke water instead of words, then there would have been a repetition of Noah's flood. — Kellyn Roth

The training of a journalist, of working with words for thousands of hours, is extraordinarily useful for a fiction writer. — Tom Rachman

In other words, fiction is payback for those who have wronged you. — Colson Whitehead

I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and people. — Jennifer Donnelly

The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she and her family were murdered. — Jennifer Walkup

But my voice is too soft. The wind picks up my words and swallows them whole. — Hafsah Faizal

The 'fact' of my actions frequently collide with the 'fiction' of my words. And at what point will I live what I say, so I will avoid what I do? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Six wives the King's had now.' Barak's words dragged me from my reverie. 'We can't even get one between us. — C.J. Sansom

And in a way I have always thought that words are alive a little, for they can whisper sweet nothings and roar dragon flame with equal efficiency. — Lyndsay Faye

I get that. For you, it's more than following a bunch of rules - no sex, no booze, no swear words, pray every night and twice on Sunday. — Laura Anderson Kurk

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. — Virginia Woolf

When I try to achieve greatness, it spits on me the night before. — Monroe Ariel

Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be — Tea Obreht

I have always felt cookbooks were fiction and the most beautiful words in the English language were 'room service. — Erma Bombeck

If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction. — Jean-Jacques Annaud

Some books must be sipped slowly like a strong bourbon. Most books must be devoured more than once because as you age you distill more. — Brandi L. Bates

Clearly, she hadn't heard of the two words 'social' and 'life'. — Adele Rose

I was not alone in my success, only in my failure. — J. Devau

As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began. — Richard Peck

We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect. — Evan Meekins

As Dorothy J. Heydt famously said, the eight deadliest words for any work of fiction are 'I don't care what happens to these people. — Charlie Jane Anders

To be a great writer you must be fearless with your words. — Karmel Graham

Words aren't good enough for a lot of things, but we have to try. — Ava Dellaira

Magic is all about words and believing. If you believe then anything is possible. — Jennifer Loiske

For some reason, her words snapped the zip-tie that had been holding his secret. She'd just given him permission to be flawed. — Tammy L. Gray

Bringing you 'raisins and almonds' and words (from a Yiddish lullaby — Rona Simmons

Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End — Ken Scott

We who have seen the truth will reshape the world, and Ireland shall be our entrance to this world beyond words. — Orna Ross

The back of Tess's head disappeared as she descended the stairs. 'You'll like him a lot more if you listen more to his actions than to his words. — Gina Holmes

Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page. — Mark Helprin

Niko was a man of few words and flying, sugary snacks. I like that in a human. ~Catcher — Rob Thurman

I adore you, Chiru. I want to show you in ways words can't express — Augusta Li

You say your ex-girlfriend left you for someone else. In other words, she found a brighter star in the sky. — Tony Sakalauskas

He felt weighted down by guilt and regret for what might have been his last words to all of them. — Karen Ann Wirtz

Harsh words live in the dungeon of the heart — Norman Mailer