Epistolary Novel Quotes & Sayings

'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' is an epistolary novel - one told in letters. I had no idea how much fun it would be, puzzling together the plot with letters and documents. — Maria Semple

When the [colonial] contact was violent, in fact, failure was more frequent than success. 'Colonialism' may have triumphed in the past: but today it is an obvious fiasco. And colonialism, typically, is the submergence of one civilisation by another. The conqured always submit to the stronger; but their submission is merely provisional when civilisations clash.
Long periods of enforced coexistence may include concessions or agreements and important, often fruitful, cultural exchange. But the process always has its limits. — Fernand Braudel

I got cast playing the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. I don't know how to play any sport, including baseball, but I trained really hard. They had these great coaches, and they started saying, "Wow, you have some like really untapped athletic ability." — Geena Davis

I love peppermint tea, as it's much nicer than taking anything chemical for settling your stomach. — Deirdre O'Kane

I have to say, passive aggression gets a bad rap these days. It may not be appropriate in all occasions, but it's a lot better than aggressive aggression. — A. J. Jacobs

An attitude of gratitude increases abundance and diminishes fear. — Jeffrey Fry

Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up. — Davis Bunn

The malice thus becomes wholly real and the benevolence largely imaginary. — C.S. Lewis

There is such malice, treachery, and dissimulation, even among professed friends and intimate companions, as cannot fail to strike a virtuous mind with horror; and when Vice quits the stage for a moment, her place is immediately occupied by Folly... — Tobias Smollett

Many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus — Anonymous

Father has taught me that when something is lost, whether dear or not, giving up the search is sometimes best and often enough the lost article finds its owner. — Cassandra Krivy Hirsch

I'm on the path, he thought, I don't have to know where it leads. I just have to follow. — Terry Pratchett

All it takes is instinct. — Jed Rubenfeld

With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the pilot alone, I condensed three episodes. So, there's a lot of filling in and a ton of invention that has to happen to fill out eight episodes. — Melissa Rosenberg

Hello Readers! I look forward to adding to my author page. I — Rita Gard Seedorf