The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena Quotes

“When you lose yourself in a book the hours grow wings and fly.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“I am inclined to disagree with Jung when he says the Shadow is the person that we’d rather not be. The Shadow is that unadorned part of ourself, it is flexible the way it stretches and contorts. The Shadow is our dark side, the side we hide and climb into, not the person that we would rather not be, but the person we would rather be.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Writers strive for the impossible: perfection. Even the universe is flawed.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Writers tell you what to think. Great writers make you think.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Women who read are dangerous. Women who write are to be avoided.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Reading releases you from the limits of yourself.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“When one sense is diminished, the others burn more brightly. In a blindfold, you feel every minute motion of his hand as it crosses your body, his fingertips finding secret places, his palm on bare buttocks, his cock nudging at your clitoris.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“The only prophecy the artist can make with confidence is that he and his message will be misunderstood by a world that values all the wrong things.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Yes is the answer to the question is: Is it a good idea to have sex every day?”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“All fiction is based on fact and moves into fantasy. It is the writer's task to make the unbelievable believable.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Perfection is not something you strive for. Perfection is in the eyes of the beholder. Perfection is a state of grace, of peace of serenity, a moment as fleeting as a smile.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Write what you want to write. That's the only advice a writer will ever need.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“When I was young, a teen, fresh as a glass of water, my first lover said I should break the mirror and never seek on out again. He was right, of course.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“I'm my characters' galley slave.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Writing is like a religion to those who don't practise, an act of faith for those who do.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Books have a life. They breathe. When you write a book, it grows and changes. You learn from your characters after you create them. They come from you and you become them.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“They say sex is all in the mind. That's not strictly true. Desire begins in the mind but is satisfied in the body. The erotic understands this. The erotic is the completion of a mental need played out on a physical playground. Once you go erotic you never go back.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“I began to write and came to see that writing has the same laws as nature. The simplest way to say something is always the best. Is that simple enough?”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Good writing like good sex requires discipline.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Characters begin as your children and become your teachers.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“One of the key secrets of great writing is knowing where to start and when to stop.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“I was just getting to the good bit when I heard the sound of his footsteps approaching and wasn't sure whether I would rather be alone with him or alone to finish my book. Men come and go. A good book lasts forever.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena

“Who knows why we do it? And when we've done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That's what makes a writer a writer.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomena