“There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune.” ChangeReaderCircumstancesFortuneDelightVariety Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“We re-make nature by the act of discovery, in the poem or in the theorem. And the great poem and the deep theorem are new to every reader, and yet are his own experiences, because he himself re-creates them. They are the marks of unity in variety; and in the instant when the mind seizes this for itself, in art or in science, the heart misses a beat.” MindHeartArtMissingReaderBeatsDiscoveryMarkUnityVarietyInstantTheorems Book:Science and Human Values Source: Science and Human Values
“Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.” BookReadingWiseReaderPressesVarietyTitlesOur TimeReading BooksWorth Reading Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“This variety of objects will suspend, for some time, the course of the narrative; but the interruption will be censured only by those readers who are insensible to the importance of laws and manners, while they peruse, with eager curiosity, the transient intrigues of a court, or the accidental event of a battle.” LawCoursesHistoryEventsObjectsReaderBattleImportanceCourtCuriosityVarietyMannersNarrativeIntrigueRoman EmpireTransientInterruptionsInsensible Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy is my bread and butter as a reader, and probably always will be. So it's only natural that I came to that genre as a writer.” YearsSchoolNaturalFantasyAdventureReaderBreadVarietyGenreGradBread And ButterGrad School Author:Saladin Ahmed
“"Unputdownable" is, I suppose, something we all dream of, maybe without knowing it. I realized, some time ago, that a novel can hold a lot, and it made sense that this one was not of the sleek and economical variety, but instead the "full" type. Novel as piñata. And the reader does the whacking. I had a central idea, which is to look at what happens to talent over time.” LooksDoeMadeIdeasDreamHappensNovelKnowingTalentTypeReaderI RealizedVariety Author:Meg Wolitzer
“I would hope that my readers feel a sense of awe at the quality of human endurance, at the endurance of love in the face of a variety of difficulties; that the quotidian life is not always easy, and is something worthy of respect.” FeelsHumansFacesLife IsEasyQualityReaderDifficultyWorthyVarietyAweEndurance Author:Elizabeth Strout
“I could always write in a wide variety. My moods change same as reader's moods change. I really do love writing the historicals, however, but if that's all I did I would go crazy, same with any of the other kinds of books. I need variety.” IfsNeedsWritingKindBookCrazyReaderWideMoodVarietyMood Changes Author:Joe R. Lansdale