Literature Quotes · Page 50

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Literature, to put it another way, is an unpredictable and endless meme gone wild.”

— Anonymous

In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.

— Hershel Shanks

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.

— Ezra Pound

“I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.”

— Amy Elizabeth Smith

The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature.

— Kim Jong Il

No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.

— John W. Campbell

Google "brooklyn writer" and you'll get, Did you mean: the future of literature as we know it?

— Colson Whitehead

Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his…

— Larry Dossey

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make…

— George Lucas

A large body of literature suggests that wellbeing is intimately linked to attachment - not only to other people, but also to…

— George Monbiot

When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and…

— S. Ansky

Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but…

— Stephen King

In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of…

— Indira Gandhi

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write.…

— Vikas Swarup

Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even…

— C. S. Lewis

“Some days, it feels unreasonable to expect that an academic text can work as a form of movement assessment or to support…

— Erica R. Meiners

“Crammed among the stacks of books in his room, the author treated literature as if each book were a window in a…

— Joseph Patrick Pascale

“Watson is a cheap, efficient little sod of a literary device. Holmes doesn't need him to solve crimes any more than he…

— Graham Moore

Until you can become accountable to yourself and only yourself, you're probably not going to live a fully vital life. So much…

— Richard Ford

The poor Geordies are in the process of being rebuffed by every sentient human being whose ambition in life is more than…

— Rod Liddle

In description we hear and feel the absorption of the author in the material. We sense the presence of the creator of…

— Patricia Hampl

In effective literature, ideas emerge from matter, not the other way around. So I squeeze the dirt for all it's worth and…

— Suhayl Saadi

Recent literature on transsexualism in the lesbian community draws connections with the practices of sadomasochism.

— Sheila Jeffreys

Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature.

— Italo Calvino

I think of myself as a Russophile. I speak the language and studied the nation's literature and history in college.

— Chrystia Freeland

This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.

— Julian Barnes

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way around.

— John K Van De Kamp

“Few subjects are inherently dull: language is where dullness or liveliness resides.”

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.

— Francine Prose

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

— Lee Ranaldo

I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.

— Mark Twain

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

— Leo Tolstoy

Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.

— Anonymous

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

— John Morley

When literature is discovered, a revelation occurs: the joyful, exultant knowledge that anything can happen.

— Alberto Manguel

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Funny way to spend your life, though, studying another chap's versifying.”

— Anonymous