Everything that is printed and bound in a book contains some echo at least of the best that is in literature. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is not in vain that man speaks to man. This is the value of literature. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Literature is the most legal drug of all. And the most peaceful way of escaping reality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.” — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.” — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It just literally never an option!” — Lillian R. Melendez Copy Share Image
The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Wooden scrabble letters offer a whole forest of literature, tiled down for easy shower installment. If you limit your use to only… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign - a bad sign mostly… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature. — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas… — Cao Yu Copy Share Image
A taste for the best reading is not cultivated in Spanish girls, even where the treasures of that great Castilian literature are… — Katharine Lee Bates Copy Share Image
Faulkner is a really important figure in southern literature. I wrestle with him and his legacy every time I sit down and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Prior to any generalization about literature, literary texts have to be read, and the possibility of reading can never be taken for… — Paul De Man Copy Share Image
A principal aim of education is to give students a taste for literature, for the books of life and power, and to… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“I gather," he added, "that you've never had much time to study the classics?" "That is so." "Pity. Pity. You've missed a… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
“There is something magical to me about literature and fiction and I think it can do things not only that pop culture… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
In an age when other fantastically speedy, widespread media are triumphing, and running the risk of flattening all communication onto a single,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
