Books Quote by Alan Bennett

“I would have thought," said the prime minister, "that Your Majesty was above literature." "Above literature?" said the Queen. "Who is above literature? You…

— Alan Bennett

“The author of what I describe is not myself, it is the Other. First of all it is you, it is the woman, it…

— Hélène Cixous

“There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.”

— William Pitt

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

— Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

“Nobody is above you, no one below. You're as ordinary or extraordinary as any other - since all's an immanent oneness of an indivisible…

— Fakeer Ishavardas

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

— Norman Rush

God, eldest of Poets.

— William Watson

“And high above, depicted in a tower, Sat Conquest, robed in majesty and power, Under a sword that swung above his head, Sharp-edged and…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

— Romain Gary

“Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values, and it is this, not only…

— William Butler Yeats

“Hmm,' said the King. 'I must write that down in my book of aphorisms. I don't know if it is deep, but it sounds…

— Stephen Mitchell

Literature is higher than politics, if not actually above politics.

— Gao Xingjian