IWSG Blog Post - Author Envy

The awesome co-hosts for the March 1 posting of the IWSG are Diedre Knight, Tonya Drecker, Bish Denham, Olga Godim, and JQ Rose!

March 1 question - Have you ever read a line in a novel or a clever plot twist that caused you to have author envy?

Absolutely. All the time. But as I sit here grasping for examples, I'm coming up short. Off I go to Goodreads to gather quotes from my recently read books:

"It had occurred to her that she smiled more often to preempt someone else’s displeasure than to express her joy."
― Evie Dunmore, Portrait of a Scotsman

"Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life."
― Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night

"What part [of me] did you miss the most?"
"Your mind," she said, and smiled at his expression.
"I was hoping for a far more depraved answer than that."
"Your mind is depraved," she told him solemnly.
― Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas

Honorable Mention:
Every line from Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files inspired author envy as well, but it's been so long that I can't remember any examples!

Plotwise, I remember feeling all kinds of things from the twists in Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince. I wasn't an author yet at the time, but if I had been, I'd have felt envy.