Dramatic Effect Quotes

“I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Dahling, they’ve always hated me, but this has to be the final nail in the coffee. They’re jealous because their mother gave me her diamond pendulum on my wedding day. Now they’re demanding it back. They hound me day and night. My God, it’s like they have channel vision.”
― Delora Dennis, Same Old Truths

“But of course he knew, all of them knew. There is only one kind of a person a wizard can marry, and that is a witch.”
― Eva Ibbotson, Which Witch?

“The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?”
― Billy Marshall Stoneking

“We, writers & poets, have a big problem. We swim too deep inside life, also in shallow waters, and then we end touching the sand!”
― Rossana Condoleo

“I’ve always known my circumstances were far, far from the worst, but I truly believe that just the slightest misalignment in our upbringings can have such a dramatic knock-on effect on our lives.”
― K.A. Hill, The Winners' Guide

“It's the Only Thing To Do," he said, obviously speaking in capital letters.”
― Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy