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> [It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-wittig/it-is-quite-possible-for-a-work-of-literature-to-operate-as-a-war/)

[Monique Wittig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monique-wittig/)

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> [In my work, I attempt to deal with the Bible as I would deal with any work of literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hershel-shanks/in-my-work-i-attempt-to-deal-with-the-bible-as-i-would-deal-with-any/)

[Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hershel-shanks/)

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> [Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/read-learn-work-it-up-go-to-the-literature-information-is-control/)

[Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/)

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> [The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-best-work-in-literature-is-always-done-by-those-who-do-not-depend-2/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-brenan/the-only-test-of-work-of-literature-is-that-it-shall-please-other/)

[Gerald Brenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-brenan/)

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> [“Work from your own side of literature/ & room fetish, not "publishing's" - ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/work-from-your-own-side-of-literature-room-fetish-not-publishing-s/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

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