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“The ideal form for a poem, essay, or fiction, is that which the ideal writer would evolve spontaneously. One in whom the powers of expression fully responded to the state of feeling, would unconsciously use that variety in the mode of presenting his thoughts, which Art demands.”

Art States Use Feelings Form Fiction Expression Demand Ideals Variety Evolve Essays Presenting

Book:Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative

Source: Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative

“I say then, that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. This variety of terms, which may seem so unphilosophical, is intended only to express that act of the mind, which renders realities, or what is taken for such, more present to us than fictions, causes them to weigh more in the thought, and gives them a superior influence on the passions and imagination.”

Source: Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition

“It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety is vast: contemporary, historical, suspense, mysteries, adventure, young adult, romance, fantasy, science fiction.”

Christian Romance Young Fiction Fantasy Mystery Adventure Offers Adults Appreciate Science Fiction Historical Young Adult Contemporary Variety Suspense

Author:Randy Alcorn

“There are some varieties of fiction that I never touch - mystery stories, for instance, which I abhor, and historical novels. I also detest the so-called "powerful" novel - full of commonplace obscenities and torrents of dialog.”

Stories Powerful Fiction Novel Mystery Historical Instance Variety Commonplace Detest Obscenity Historical Novels

Book:Strong opinions

Source: Strong opinions

“Fiction offered me tools that allowed me to approach a wider variety of issues than the events of my own life would.”

My Own Fiction Issues Events Approach Tools Variety My Own Life

Author:Phil Klay

“A political philosophy (often called "political science" by practitioners who are not averse from verbal trickery) must deal with contemporary realities. If it does not, if it is charged with "ideals," it is merely a variety of romantic fiction, although it may not be recognized as such.”

Ifs May Doe Philosophy Reality Political Deals Fiction Ideals Contemporary Variety Political Philosophy Political Science Trickery

Author:Revilo P. Oliver

“The variety within Mann's fiction is impressive and fascinating. But Joyce is even more various and many-sided. He begins his career with a wonderful sequence of bleak studies about the ways in which human lives can go awry - in my view, Dubliners is underrated.”

Way Humans Views Fiction Careers Study Wonderful Various Variety Human Life Fascinating Sequence Impressive Bleak Underrated Joyce

Author:Philip Kitcher