“These two oo in "book" are like the two eyes of a reader who fell in love with a story.” — Stefanos Livos Copy Share Image
I am not recommending "popular" literature which aims at the lowest. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
You know, gynecology has a role; sex is a gift. And literature is not about sending messages. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Literature is born when something in life goes slightly adrift. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
I always was good, even in my times of being bad as hell in school. I always used to get good grades… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
War destroys. War obliterates. War is ruination. And war begets more war. After thousands of years of experience proving this, and reams… — Lisa Simeone Copy Share Image
“Maybe at the very bottom of it... I really don't like God. You know, it's silly to say I don't like God… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Art - I had never thought of that as a career because it was like something I did so naturally, and it… — David Small Copy Share Image
The road has been viewed as a male turf. If you think of the classic "Odyssey," of, you know, classical literature or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
There are literally a thousand works with the title Malcolm X in them. There are over 350 films and over 320 web-based… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“If you are a writer genuinely interested in creating access to literature, support causes which enhance the quality of life of workers, not the PR campaigns… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I speak this way because I know how perilous speech can be… A saber might be stopped by a shield. A bullet… — Galen M. Beckett Copy Share Image
