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title: "7 Literary Taste Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Literary Taste quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Literary Taste sayings and thoughts."
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> [“nothing is straightforward in the world of literary taste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-truss/nothing-is-straightforward-in-the-world-of-literary-taste/)

[Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-truss/)

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> [The makers of literature are those who have seen and felt the miraculous interestingness of the universe. If you have formed...literary taste...your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-bennett/the-makers-of-literature-are-those-who-have-seen-and-felt-the/)

[Arnold Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-bennett/)

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> [“Americans have many admirable characteristics, but literary taste is rare among them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-peters/americans-have-many-admirable-characteristics-but-literary-taste-is/)

[Elizabeth Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-peters/)

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> [“By having a great many friends I do not prove that I have a wide appreciation of human excellence. You might as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/by-having-a-great-many-friends-i-do-not-prove-that-i-have-a-wide/)

[C. S. LEWIS](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [A well arranged scrapbook, filled with choice selections, is a most excellent companion for anyone who has the least literary taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/channing-tatum/a-well-arranged-scrapbook-filled-with-choice-selections-is-a-most/)

[Channing Tatum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/channing-tatum/)

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> [“To a degree, literary taste is a subjective matter. One can admire a work of fiction without particularly enjoying it; one can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/to-a-degree-literary-taste-is-a-subjective-matter-one-can-admire-a/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [“The canons of literary taste as they have hardened in the twentieth century leave little place for Rabelais.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-shattuck/the-canons-of-literary-taste-as-they-have-hardened-in-the-twentieth/)

[Roger Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-shattuck/)

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