--- title: "8 Literature-writing Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Literature-writing quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Literature-writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/abhijit-naskar-99_english_english-is-the-language-through-which-i_138044.jpg" --- > [“English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. English is the language through which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/english-is-the-language-through-which-i-reach-hearts-from-various/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/abhijit-naskar-99_english_english-is-the-language-through-which-i_138044.jpg) > [“The human mind is not a dignified organ, and I do not see how we can exercise it sincerely except through eclecticism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ-and-i-do-not-see-how-we-can/) [E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/e-m-forster-2-1148_eclectic_the-human-mind-is-not-a-dignified-organ_1189233.jpg) > [“I think literature totally fails when it has an agenda. - From an interview on the podcast Starship Sofa, December 2010.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-willis/i-think-literature-totally-fails-when-it-has-an-agenda-from-an/) [Connie Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/connie-willis-5208_books_i-think-literature-totally-fails-when-it_1506130.png) > [The life of your body may be sustained by daily bread and rice, but the life of your soul may only be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-life-of-your-body-may-be-sustained-by-daily-bread-and-rice-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/anonymous-1_daily-bread_the-life-of-your-body-may-be-sustained-b_2008060.jpg) > [“No doubts our generation is producing another form of grub street literature.. Welcome to the world of hack writers..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/himmilicious/no-doubts-our-generation-is-producing-another-form-of-grub-street/) [Himmilicious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/himmilicious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/himmilicious-4533_books_no-doubts-our-generation-is-producing-an_2326068.jpg) > [“If Bengali is my mother, then English is my father and friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/if-bengali-is-my-mother-then-english-is-my-father-and-friend/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/abhijit-naskar-99_bengali_if-bengali-is-my-mother-then-english-is_2654400.jpg) > [“Mi čitamo knjige zato da bismo čitanjem proširili granice svog ličnog iskustva. Ako nam knjiga u tom pogledu ne daje apsolutno ništa,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-i-pisarev/mi-itamo-knjige-zato-da-bismo-itanjem-pro-irili-granice-svog-li-nog/) [D. I. Pisarev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-i-pisarev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/d-i-pisarev-229783_art_mi-itamo-knjige-zato-da-bismo-itanjem-pr_3152222.jpg) > [“Snow floated down every once in a while, but it was frail snow, like a memory fading into the distance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/snow-floated-down-every-once-in-a-while-but-it-was-frail-snow-like-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/haruki-murakami-21_art_snow-floated-down-every-once-in-a-while_3233904.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/literature-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Literature-writing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. 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