“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
― The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
“When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.”
― Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays
― Keeping a Rendezvous: Essays
“Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last.”
― Outlander
― Outlander
“A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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