Chick Lit Book Quotes

#1. I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded!

Erin Duffy

#2. It's like if a young woman writes it, then it's chick lit. We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as a nanny or living in Philadelphia. It's chick lit, so who cares? You know what we call what men write? Books.

Jennifer Weiner

#3. If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.

Jennifer Weiner

#4. Decide for yourself. Everybody reacts in a different way.

Italo Calvino

#5. A difference of taste in jokes, is a great strain on the affections.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#6. In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.

Bell Hooks

#7. I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.

J.K. Rowling

#8. Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt.

Lois Greiman

#9. My childhood wasn't easy. I buried myself in books. I guess I'm a recovering book addict.

Katherine Reay

#10. Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Rick Larsen

#11. We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do.

Dillon Burroughs

#12. Horses ... horses made me happy, complete. Then and there in the middle of some state, in a wild state of being, I vowed I would own a horse again.

Carly Kade

#13. Once I checked my email, I would get lost in a book so I could feel the main character's pain instead of mine, laugh at her missteps rather than lament my own, and cheer for the happy ending that seemed to elude me.

Meredith Schorr

#14. Your woman tells me you will hunt me down and eat my marrow while I live."
"Did she?" Charles looked at her, and she saw the approval in his face. She doubted anyone else would have read anything at all. His voice was a caress, just for her. "Would you like that, love?

Patricia Briggs

#15. The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.

Seungsahn

#16. I'm not sure if you've noticed this yet, but Jenny Sullivan likes to overuse people's first names. It's a technique she read about in a book called Own It - Take Life By The Bollocks. She once said my name so many times I disconnected from it entirely.

Claire Garber

#17. Could I be jealous of the way he was touching my horse? Yep ... I was.

Carly Kade

#18. Whatever I ended up doing with my life,I wanted to people feel the way this music was making me feel.

Anthony Kiedis

#19. Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Plato

#20. I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book.

Lauren Willig

#21. Fi pulls up another section of hair to braid. Not to mention Dad is going to shit puppies when he finds out. Mom will probably bake a ten-tiered stress cake, then kick it.

Kristen Callihan

#22. Poetry is a hazardous occupation, very hazardous. There may be bad things in there inside you that maybe you can't handle.

James Dickey

#23. I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book.

Emily Gould

#24. Any real, beautiful thing in this world shouldn't be tamed or claimed or broken. It should be allowed to be, worked with, not against, appreciated. Don't be afraid of the wild she has left. It makes her special.

Carly Kade