Novelistic Conventions Quotes & Sayings

Most of the forward movements of life in general ... have been the work of essentially religiously-minded people. — Charles Ives

We were the finest. We were the best in the world. We were a department that people came from all over the world to study, to look at, to see how we accomplished so much with so little; and we did. — Daryl Gates

When you're about to get married, and then you're not, it's all a big shock. You think, 'Well, okay, so I'm never going to lead a totally conventional life now.' — Rosamund Pike

A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation. — Fanny Burney

Any time you feel the desire to eat a pint of Cherry Garcia ice cream, commit adultery,
avoid confessing your sins, or hate your boss, your concupiscible passions are stirring. — Taylor R. Marshall