Lit Quotes

442 quotes by 364 authors

One lamp â€” thy motherâ€™s love â€” amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity… — Nathaniel Parker Willis
We live in far too permissive a society. Never before has pornography been this rampant. And those films are so badly lit! — Woody Allen
New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing… — Art Buchwald
Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and… — Miles Teller
If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make… — Jennifer Weiner
I can think of a number of areas in New York where three acres of nuclear waste would make the neighborhood safer to walk around… — P.J. O'Rourke
Too many words are lit for a beast of burden. — Yunus Emre
Even though I loved to write, I never liked English lit. class very much. I think it ruins books when you dissect them too much.… — Meg Cabot
I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm… — Sophie Kinsella
I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and… — Sophie Kinsella
What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as… — Julianna Baggott
Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step… — Jack Antonoff
Human language is lit with animal life: we play cats-cradle or have hare-brained ideas; we speak of badgering, or outfoxing someone; to squirrel something away… — Jay Griffiths
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you… — Tana French
I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me, but the room just filled up with mosquitoes. — Leonard Cohen
What happens when all the parts of childhood are soldered down, when the young no longer have the time or space to play in their… — Richard Louv
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief. — Joni Mitchell
A dimly lit tavern, a willing young woman, are some of the reasons I cheat. — Randy Travis
I remember when you were born, it was dawn and the storm settled near my belly. And I rolled in the grass and spit out… — Patti Smith
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even… — Seth Grahame-Smith

Who Wrote These Lit Quotes

364 authors contributed a total of 442 Lit Quotes, led by these top contributors: