Michael John Harrison M. John Harrison is an English author and literary critic. His work includes the Viriconium sequence of novels and short stories. (M John Harrison Quotes) “After all why should our goal be the reinstatement of an illusory ‘exact’ relationship between events and words? If you probe in the ashes you will never […]
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Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010) J. D. Salinger was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Before its publication, Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine and served in World War II. (J D Salinger Quotes) “All morons hate it when you call them a moron.” J. D.
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Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1885-1959) I. A. R. Wylie, was an Australian-British-American novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, and poet and suffragette sympathiser, who was honored by the journalistic and literary establishments of her time. (I A R Wylie Quotes) “Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.” I. A. R. Wylie
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Katherine Alice Applegate Professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children’s fiction writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld, and other book series. (K A Applegate Quotes) “And that’s how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.” K. A.
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L. E. Modesitt Jr. L. E. Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 75 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. (L E Modesitt Jr Quotes) “Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. (F Scott Fitzgerald Quotes) “A man does not recover
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Henry Beam Piper (1904-1964) H. Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories. (H Beam Piper Quotes) “English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than
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George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) G. A. Henty was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. (G. A. Henty Quotes) “Everyone in the land has an equal chance. In war the bravest becomes a general, in peace the cleverest is chosen
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Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874-1943) Francis Cornford was an English classical scholar and translator known for influential work on ancient philosophy, notably Plato, Parmenides, Thucydides, and ancient Greek religion. (F M Cornford Quotes) “Cynicism is the besetting and venial fault of declining youth, and disillusionment its last illusion.” F M Cornford “I had a little dog and
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David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) D. H. Lawrence was an English writer and poet. He is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. (D H Lawrence Quotes) “A little morphine in all the air. It would be wonderfully refreshing for everyone.” D. H. Lawrence “A man could no longer be private
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