A novel is an impression, not an argument.

A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.

— Thomas Hardy

“In his Preface to the 1892 edition of Tess of the d’Urbervilles Hardy warns the reader that ‘a novel is an impression, not an…

— Geoffrey Harvey

One of the stories that really impressed me was 'Anna Karenina.' As a novel, that made an impression on me, showing me what the…

— Elif Batuman

I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I…

— Nathalie Sarraute

Wanting to say something but knowing it's gonna start an argument...

— Anonymous

In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

— John Edensor Littlewood

Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was…

— Thomas Nagel

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning…

— Shane Claiborne

We must reinforce argument with results.

— Booker T. Washington

“When students are taught to approach argument through inquiry, good things happen: they choose topics worthy of arguing, they gain ownership (through choice) of…

— Kelly Gallagher

Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For he is…

— Ibn Arabi

When God says something, the argument is over.

— R. C. Sproul

The purpose of an argument, should not be victorious, but progress...

— Anonymous

Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Every arguments start from misunderstanding and ego”

— Chatchawan Tangtrongpanich