“A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.” DifferentMightAsksViewsNovelReaderConversationStartingPoint Of ViewHopefullyStarting PointDifferent Points Of View Author:Anne Fortier
“There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.” MenGivingLittlesStillsDifferentSinReturnSpeechGiving UpClothesLustRelatedParadiseDifferent ThingsContrastIndulgeIndulge InRibs Book:Juliet: A Novel Source: Juliet: A Novel
“Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a fact of life, like pimples. Some have more, some have less, but only truly abnormal people have none at all. This commonsense philosophy had consoled me many times before, and it did now, too.” PeopleWorldKindDifferentStatesPhilosophyWholeFactsTakenMadnessRoseIllnessWhole WorldInsaneGrantedInsanityDifferent KindsAuntFacts Of LifeNeurosisAbnormalTaken For GrantedPimples Author:Anne Fortier
