Fictional World Quotes

“In the contemporary section, my fingers paused on a small paperback tucked into the shelf, the first in a series of five that was never finished. Even as I took it off the shelf, and flipped through the pages, I already knew the first line---

There was only one road in and one road out of Eloraton, New York, and most people never took it.

But I had.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

“Once I crossed Charm Bridge, would this town even be here anymore? I wasn't sure, and with mounting certainty, every fiber of my being wanted to just get lost in this book. For a moment. For a few hours.
For a night.
I grabbed another onion ring, and curled Anders's jacket tighter around me. It smelled like woodsy cedar and chamomile tea and the old, loved pages of a childhood novel. It was the kind of scent I could drown in.”
― Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

“It seems we will be waiting a really long time before we see transparency in government.”
― Steven Magee