Stacie (MagicOfBooks)

“A good book, Marcus, is judged not by it's last words but by the cumulative effect of all the words that have preceded them. About half a second after finishing your book, after reading the very last word, the reader should be overwhelmed by a particular feeling. For a moment he should think only of what he has just read; he should look at the jacket and smile a little sadly because he is already missing all the characters. A good book, Marcus, is a book you are sorry has ended.”
― Joël Dicker

“THE FIRST CHAPTER, MARCUS, is essential. If the readers don’t like it, they won’t read the rest of your book. How do you plan to begin yours?”
― Joël Dicker, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
― Guy de Maupassant

“Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass