I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses. — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“One had, in any case, a bag full of fruits that resemble stars, picked by the handful in the luminous forest ...” — Léon Bloy Copy Share Image
Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be differe. — Denis Donoghue Copy Share Image
I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate. — James Herbert Copy Share Image
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Language also encodes our past. We want to know who we are. To know who we are, we have to know who… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I go to book stores to see if they have any miss prints on sale. I hate to read but I love… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling… — William James Copy Share Image
I have a very ecumenical faith. I have a very inclusive faith. There's a quote I love from recovery literature that says,… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I have nothing but great respect for great scholars. But I was in grad school in the '80s and '90s, at the… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Like no other writer in contemporary American literature, Brock Clarke has a way of looking at us, I mean looking straight at… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
The new advocates of ID [Intelligent Design] ask that their ideas be judged by scientific, not religious, criteria. OK, let's see how… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
More than any other contemporary British playwright, Tom Stoppard populates his plays -- from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to The Invention… — Mel Gussow Copy Share Image
Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
“Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts,… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
There is something essential and necessary about the immediacy and democracy of poetry. If you look at the history of literature, poetry… — Jonathan W. Galassi Copy Share Image
Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I don't wish to be a slave any longer to the stringent exigencies of literature. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“There is no gift of principles, you must apply them if you want to move forward.” — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
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