Books Quote by Anonymous Download Open image “Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?” — Anonymous ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Culture Land Literature People
The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase by which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the things that plague us most—suspicion and fear of the other, and the tendency to see whole groups of people as objects, as monoliths of one cultural stereotype or another—are defeated. This work is not done as… — Richard Bausch Copy Share
There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Let me be very clear. For me geography does not exist! I strongly object to the whole concept of “foreign literature”...and speaking of national… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image