Books Quote by Ann Patchett

“Literature starts by being personal, but the deeper we go inside the more we become everybody.”

— Donald Hall

“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.”

— Willie van Peer

“Literature enables us to see our world and ourselves more clearly, to understand our lives more fully.”

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

“Books feel more intimate. And the people who go out of their way to read your writings, are initially more open to what you…

— Robin S. Baker

“Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be different.”

— Anonymous

“Literature is a love that won’t let you down or show its true colors after some time goes by. You know what it’s about…

— Jason E. Hodges

“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because…

— Alaa Alghamdi

“What does literature do better than anything else? It provides a detailed representation of the inner experience of being alive in a given time…

— Elif Batuman

“Literature keeps setting the bar for our dreams not higher but elsewhere.”

— Ange Mlinko

“I define influence simply as literary love, tempered by defense. The defenses vary from poet to poet. But the overwhelming presence of love is…

— Harold Bloom

“Reading literature makes us better people.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

“It’s important to understand that a writer’s love for creation is only surpassed by their love of having the ability to dramatically affect the…

— Danielle Rose