Theorising Synonym Quotes & Sayings

We have a bad habit of seeing books as sort of cheaply made movies where the words do nothing but create visual narratives in our heads.
So too often what passes for literary criticism is "I couldn't picture that guy", or "I liked that part", or "this part shouldn't have happened." That is, we've left language so far behind that sometimes we judge quality solely based on a story's actions.
So we can appreciate a novel that constructs its conflicts primarily through plot - the layered ambiguity of a fatal car accident caused by a vehicle owned by Gatsby but driven by someone else, for instance. But in this image-drenched world, sometimes we struggle to appreciate and celebrate books where the quality arises not exclusively from plot but also from the language itself. — John Green

I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked. — Sadie Jones

Nell Armstrong was a demi-god, he succeded travelling to space, after numerous deaths. — Michael Bassey Johnson

He did what he could to make himself comfortable in the back of the police issue. — J.D. Robb

They'd need no reason!" shouted Arbeely. "Why can't you understand? Men need no reason to cause mischief, only an excuse! — Helene Wecker

There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Look I'm not the God of Poetry or Good Descriptions, okay? - Hades — Kaitlin Bevis

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect. — Alison Gopnik