Books Quote by Anonymous

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

— Denis Donoghue

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

— Willie van Peer

“You have just confirmed to me that one of the most fortunate purposes of literature is to bring like-minded people together and get them…

— Laurence Cossé

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

— Donald Hall

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

— Lisa C. Taylor

“In literature, as in Life, one is often astonished by what is chosen by others.”

— Andre Malraux

“I think that what influences us in literature comes less from what we love and more from what we happen to pick up in…

— Ann Patchett

“novels have the power to transport you into another existence, and see the world from a different point of view.”

— Ella Berthoud

“Literature, sharing a wonderful story, is what brings the world together.”

— Elizabeth Spann Craig

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

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

“This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not…

— Arlaina Tibensky

“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