Art-of-literature Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Books are so full of thoughts that some of them have learned to think.”

— Henry Hitchens (Browse

“If a writer is any good, what he makes will have its source in a realm much larger than that which his conscious mind…

— Flannery O'Connor

“A book without words is a mind without thought.”

— Catherine Forbes

“The books I like the best are those That give us more than what they say -- They simply open countless doors Through which…

— Rebecca McCann

“Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.”

— Matthew Lipman

“There is beauty in each word of a Book; as once it was just a mere thought in the authors head!”

— Mrudula G B

“A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear…

— Edward P. Morgan

“For me, books were not the containers of words so much as the words themselves, and the value of a given book was determined…

— Paul Auster

“Every book written is the product of a human mind in a particular state.”

— Matt Haig

“ Whoever looks for the writer’s thinking in the words and thoughts of his characters is looking in the wrong direction. Seeking out a…

— Philip Roth

“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.”

— Harper Lee