Would my book, my words, be different if I were a murderer, for example?” Cain asks carefully. I think about it for a moment. “Words have meaning. I suppose who the author is, what he’s done might change that meaning.”
“Isn’t meaning more to do with the reader?”
“No…a story is about leading a reader to meaning. The revelation is theirs, but we show them the way. I suppose the morality of the writer influences whether you can trust what they are showing you.”
“Even if you don’t know what they’ve done?”
“Especially if you don’t know. If you are aware, then you can account for it in your interpretation of the work. Is it a manipulation, a defence? Is it an expression of guilt?”
The Woman In The Library by Sulari Gentill
Quotes
The next time you have a quarrel with me, I’d appreciate it if you could just talk to me first before resorting to pelting me with rocks.
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Doomsday diplomacy
“You look pretty,” Belle cooed when I put it on. “But also like you could kill a man.” I’ll take it.
From Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn
Mixed compliments
Luna sighed. “Do you worry at all about making the wrong choice?”
“Duh, we all make wrong choices. Doesn’t mean I’m going to just sit here and do nothing.”
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan
Taking action
I didn’t know the first thing about how to end a relationship. Where would you learn such a thing? My dogs had always stayed with me, even Penny, whom I had done my best, in her declining years, to ignore.
Good Boy by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Learning endings
“Yes, I have a bard, but she’s entirely truthful. We’re nice people. Well, we try to be. We’re not perfect, but we’re not evil. We’re good, most of the time.”
“Bang-up job you’re doing on the oration here,” Matt muttered. “Might as well tell them we’ll only murder half of them.”
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
Eloquence of a King
Foreseeing the future, I would later learn, means nothing if there is nothing to be done to prevent it.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Means nothing
Nothing stays the same, Vereesa. Even — especially — if we want it to.
Sylvanas by Christie Golden
The only constant
There must be something about sitting next to someone, both your eyes on the road, that allows you to express what you might not say face-to-face.
Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
The anonymity of driving
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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