Debut Book Quotes

#1. Sexcastle is a perfect mix of homage and comedy, action and irony, loving tribute and hilarious send-up of the great, good, and ungodly-bad action movies of the '80s. I don't remember the last time a debut book hit me this hard. Literally, this book punched me in the face. It's THAT mean.

Matt Fraction

#2. My heart! Ohhh my poor heart
Its bruised...its scarred and its full of pain.... But its still in love with you!

Kiran Joshi

#3. God had assigned us with our dreams, visions and callings before the foundations of the earth; it's up to us to allow ourselves to have an access to those dreams, visions and callings.

Euginia Herlihy

#4. Neither words can bring you back... I know now,as I have tried
Not the tears... I know now, as I have cried

Kiran Joshi

#5. About the new saga of Camp Half-Blood, Percy continues to narrate the book? Rachel (the new Delphic oracle) will remain on the books (I am Brazilian and I love your books ... I can not wait for the books debut in Portuguese).

Rick Riordan

#6. Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love.

Janet Goodfriend

#7. This book blew me away. Kelly Parra writes with the keen eye of an artist. Graffiti Girl is warm, gutsy, and true-to-life - an unflinching, honest portrayal of young adults. A seamless and impressive debut.

Anne Frasier

#8. Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times ...
... Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on ...
Quote on the Title Page of Love TORN Asunder

Elizabeth Funderbirk

#9. The Apostle Paul wrote, The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). The physical dies away, but the spiritual is forever.

David Berg

#10. My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the U.K. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.

Kathy Reichs

#11. A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Abraham Lincoln

#12. sometimes being silent is the best way to appreciate the moment

Kiran Joshi

#13. His touch is more intoxicating than any kind and combination of alcohol...

Kiran Joshi

#14. With your absence I have realised that hoe the once, warm comforting streets have suddenly turned to become so cold and dark

Kiran Joshi

#15. Dylan Nice's Other Kinds is the most extraordinary short-story-col lection debut I have read in years.
It is a book to be memorized.

Gary Lutz

#16. The Last Unicorn

Peter S. Beagle

#17. I follow the Law - the Most Excellent Law.' the Lama

Rudyard Kipling

#18. Above The Thunder is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories will find this remarkable debut novel not only irresistible but impossible to put down.

Tony Ardizzone

#19. If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

Gina Barreca

#20. Now, it's time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that's gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin' a lie to his son from his death bed. What's the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?

Dan Groat

#21. love has nothing to do with moving on. I still have you in my heart, mind and thoughts. The only difference is you are not in my arms

Kiran Joshi

#22. You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through

Gloria Estefan

#23. Though the heart may be cracked wide, pain can still seep in.

Rachelle Rea Cobb

#24. In a way, all actors are gypsies, or much like a traveling circus.

Danny Huston

#25. It's amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation ... they're all there, but only to the person who's worn the uniform

Wendelin Van Draanen

#26. No matter how bleak, there is still chance of love in hatred but none in indifference

Kiran Joshi

#27. Former Dublin newsman Paul Lynch made his debut as a novelist a few years ago with a book called 'Red Sky in Morning,' set in mid-19th century County Donegal, where a rage-driven farmer has committed a murder with devastating results.

Alan Cheuse

#28. Every dream, every hope, every ambition would have been true.... If only.... If only you were mine!

Kiran Joshi

#29. Brendan O'Meara's Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track in particular. Horses may win races, but they also win hearts as this impressive book proves beyond doubt. A memorable, sure-footed debut.

Madeleine Blais

#30. I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn't give up. Then I wrote one more book.

Beth Revis