Books Quote by Clint Smith

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

— Thomas de Quincey

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

— Ma Jian

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

— Anonymous

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a…

— Julian Barnes

“If literature truly possesses a mysterious power, I think perhaps it is precisely this: that one can read a book by a writer of…

— Yu Hua

“Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values, and it is this, not only…

— William Butler Yeats

Literature is subservient to nothing but truth.

— Gao Xingjian

The truth of literature and art has always been granted (if it was granted at all) as one of a "higher" order, which should…

— Herbert Marcuse

“The singular power of literature lies not in its capacity for accurate representation of mass commonalities, but its ability to illuminate the individual life…

— Nicole Krauss

“To read a work one must also read the underlying infrastructure to make legible its aesthetic and political composition. This ability to read a…

— Nato Thompson

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a…

— Herta Muller

Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.

— Quiara Alegria Hudes