David Liss Quotes

Writer

David Liss is an American author born in 1966. His works primarily focus on historical fiction, especially set in 17th-century Europe. Liss's novels often revolve around themes of suspense and crime, and are well-received by readers.

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Famous David Liss Quotes

“Coffee, he insisted, has all but destroyed the plague in England. It preserves health in general and makes those who drink it hearty and fat; it helps the digestion and cures consumption and other maladies of the lung. It is wonderful for fluxes, even the bloody flux, and has been known to cure jaundice and every kind of inflammation. Besides all that, the Englishman wrote, it imparts astonishing powers of reason and concentration. In the years to come, the author said, the man who does not drink coffee may never hope to compete with the man who avails himself of its secrets.”

Health Coffee Flux

Book:The Coffee Trader

Source: The Coffee Trader

“What had passed between them had been real and true and lived. Not like the silly infatuation she had felt for [him] when she was 16, or the foolish attraction she’d felt. Theirs had been a true love. Forged and built and earned.”

Love Infatuation

Book:The Twelfth Enchantment

Source: The Twelfth Enchantment

“In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.”

People Past Found Interesting Common Magic Research Ordinary Most Interesting People From The Past

Author:David Liss

“I didnt want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.”

Want Writing Book Technology Magic Good Technology

Author:David Liss

“I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.”

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Author:David Liss

“I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.”

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Author:David Liss

“The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.”

World Wonder

Author:David Liss

“I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit.”

Enjoy Wit Dose Pettiness

Book:The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel

Source: The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel

“Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.”

Sometimes Eye Mistake Wide Eyes Wide Open

Author:David Liss

“Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've read in quite some time and just plain reading fun. M.J. Rose is at the top of her game, and that is saying something.”

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Author:David Liss

“Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively.”

Important Written Reader Research Financial Republic Scholarly

Author:David Liss

About the Author

Born: 1966
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 11

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The Coffee TraderRelated source material

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The Whiskey Rebels: A NovelRelated source material

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