Books Quote by Anonymous

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in them, merits…

— David Hume

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

— Jules Renard

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and it has not changed except to become more needed.…

— John Steinbeck

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world, one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready…

— Anonymous

“Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.”

— Lisa C. Taylor

“For me, literature is a revolutionary force, it requires courage and risk-taking, it must have the ability to thrust you out of your comfort…

— Margaret Mazzantini

Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is…

— Jonathan Stroud

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I…

— Anonymous