English Novel Quotes Novels & Stories

From a young age, I have always dreamed of writing a book that people all over the world would want to read. I once heard someone say, "If you are a writer and people don’t read your books, then you have written a journal." This quote stuck with me and made me realize that the real goal of writing is to create something that others want to read and enjoy.

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging and try filling it instead” stared at me in big blocky white letters. I stared at the motivation quote with the backdrop of an early morning beach of some crystalline blue ocean and wondered why I thought tacking that up in my locker was a good idea. I wasn’t even sure it made sense. “Robin Douglass, you are an idiot,” I whispered as I shook my head. That would explain why I’d think tacking up some silly quote would somehow change the insignificance and dullness of my life.

she voiced out. Dayo cocked his head. "He wasn't naïve, he simply got lost in his pursuit for something that he desired. Even though his desires finally led to his downfall." Eniola turned and stared at him with an amazed look on her face. "I swear I didn't even think you'd know this much about literature classics. Shakespeare, Dickens, Oscar Wilde...You are not what I expected at all." "You know there's an old saying 'never judge a book by it's cover. Ever heard of it?" he joked.

“Oh, hell. Never mind. It was a bad comparison. Suffice to say that, no matter my preference, you should attempt to speak English. You will be better accepted where we are going if you do. There are folks there who still remember the old conflict between the colonies and France, so this is important.” The mare nickered softly and nudged Raven’s head. Raven reached up and patted her shoulder. “There, there, ma cherie. It’s all right now.” Then, to Eben. “Back to that again. Well, if these people remember that they are very old and decrepit indeed, and they don’t frighten me.” She stood up and went to a shelf which held various tins and bottles. She craned up on her toes, as far as she could,

She cleared her throat, over-enunciating as though performing Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre. “Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind… it’s fire, and it burns everything it touches.” She looked at me expectantly, starry-eyed. I wanted to slide under the table and melt into the floor. Was this real life? Was I being forced to quote my own tortured prose like a trained parrot? “Um.” My voice cracked. “Yes, that… that does sound like something I wrote.” “It is!” another boy shouted. “Page two seventy-three, right after the betrayal scene! I highlighted it!”

Miss Grace exclaimed, panic rising in her voice. But Elijah stared into Madam Jewel’s eyes, sneering as though she had just started a game of chess that he wasn't willing to back out of or surrender, and said in a deadly serious tone, “Do unto others as you want them to do to you,’ do you know that quote?” Madam Jewel froze, looking at Elijah with wide, disbelieving eyes, her mind unable to comprehend that Elijah was challenging her and trying to provoke her, which left her completely stunned and unable to respond.