Fiction Reading Quotes

“The joy of reading is in discovery; a good writer creates, "gaps, spaces, and absences," in a richly layered text. He/she creates a desire in the reader to strive for meaning. Paradoxically, the writer guides the reader, but allows them some flexibility to recreate the text, thereby putting their own unique interpretation on what they have read.”
― Suzy Davies

“The joy of reading is in discovery; a good writer creates "gaps," "spaces, and "absences," in a richly- layered text, and thus creates desire in the reader to strive for meaning. The author invites and guides the reader to make discoveries, and create his'her own interpretation of what he/she has read”
― Suzy Davies

“I picked up one of the books lying on top of a stack on the floor beside me. It had a navy blue cover with Grimm's Fairy Tales written across it in gold lettering.
The books beneath it were Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, Panchatantra, Aesop's Fables, and Arabian Nights. All the books I used to read with Amma and devour with the aid of a flashlight long after she left me alone in the darkness. I got up and began to wander around, casually perusing the rest of the books in the cottage. They were all the same- fairy tales and magical stories. I wondered if these were the only books upon which she had built her conception of the real world, a world inhabited by witches and mermaids, a world where men beheaded their wives and animals spoke.”
― Kamala Nair, The Girl in the Garden