Quote by Joyce Cary

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional trut

Summary

This quote emphasizes the essence of a novel as something more than a vehicle for intellectual discussions. It suggests that a novel is meant to be a lived experience, evoking emotions and feelings in the reader. Instead of presenting direct arguments and making logical points, a novel is designed to portray a deeper truth that resonates on an emotional level. Through immersion and connection, a novel has the power to engage and move its audience, leaving a lasting impact beyond the realm of rational debate.

Topics

Experience Truth

By Joyce Cary

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from o

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year.

Business

The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the

The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.

Students

He who is contented is rich.

He who is contented is rich.

Wealth

Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with

Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made in his life.

Albert Einstein

Life

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Time

I shall ne'er chase rainbows again, Knowing no pot o' gold a

I shall ne'er chase rainbows again, Knowing no pot o' gold awaits at the end. My Irish treasure is not there. For ye, my love, abide with me here.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Love Treasure Rainbow Richelle Richelle Goodrich Irish Pot Of Gold St Patrick S Day

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the la

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers the lion nev

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Courage

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more n

So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

Francesca Annis

Success

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.

Life Plans

The good of the people is the greatest law.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Good People Law Greatest

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinatin

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating --people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.