Anything that doesn't fit this mode has been shoved into an area of lesser solemnity called 'genre fiction,' and it is here that the spy thriller and the crime story and the adventure story and the supernatural tale and the science fiction, however excellently written, must reside, sent to their rooms, as it were, for the misdemeanor of being enjoyable in what is considered a meretricious way. They invent, and we all know they invent, at least up to a point, and they are, therefore, not about 'real life,' which ought to lack coincidences and weirdness and action-adventure, unless the adventure story is about war, of course, where anything goes, and they are, therefore, not solid.
Margaret AtwoodTag: nonfiction genre literary-snobbery
The genres, it is thought, have other designs on us. They want to entertain, as opposed to rubbing our noses in the daily grit produced by the daily grind. Unhappily for realistic novelists, the larger reading public likes being entertained.
Margaret AtwoodTag: reading popularity nonfiction genre genre-snobbery
Neglected but Undefeated I stand today living the life I was told I would never live all because my faith grew.
Jonathan Anthony BurkettTag: love faith book mother life-lessons inspirational-life quotes nonfiction christ bestseller miami abuse inspirational-success-failure quotes-on-life jonathan-anthony-burkett neglected-but-undefeated
I read nonfiction."
She reared back as if offended.
Tag: reading books fiction salvation nonfiction anne-osterlund
I believe that there is something in all of us that is seeking expression, that wants to be heard, that wants to be accepted and respected and loved. We each express ourselves in different ways - through manipulation or domination, through receiving and giving pain, through crying, through loving, through giving hope and inspiration to others. We are all seeking the same thing - expression of who we are and what we want from this life.
Robin D. HartTag: inspirational self-help law personal-growth nonfiction lawyers attorneys legal vocational
What is necessary, he explains, is an understanding that the youth are not the Other. It is being able to see your humanity reflected in them.
John HubnerTag: humanity people nonfiction
Focus on giants - you stumble.
Focus on God - Giants tumble.
Tag: christian-living nonfiction max-lucado
Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
Max LucadoTag: christian-living nonfiction max-lucado
I'm sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream - times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen?
Diane MoodyTag: prayer christian-living nonfiction diane-moody
My pastor, Pete Wilson, gave a message on prayer, specifically citing this idea many of us have that prayer is a kind of transaction. beside him on the platform, an object the size of a refrigerator stood cloaked beneath a black cover. He said, 'most of us have reduced prayer down to a transaction. A way to manipulate what we want. A vending machine.' At that point, he yanked off the cover revealing a large vending machine, loaded with all kinds of snacks. He inserted some coins and pushed the button for peanut M
Diane MoodyTag: prayer christian-living nonfiction diane-moody
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