Books Quote by David Shields

“Being in an M.F.A. is like living in a sci-fi biosphere on an alien planet, where everyone shares your obscure visionary notions: namely, that…

— Adam Johnson

I just want to preach so bad I can hardly stand it. I love what I do.

— John Piper

“My world is about stories that entertain; emotions that move; people you’ll remember; literature that matters.”

— M.G.Crisci

“He felt all of the tension rush out of him. Without it, he could hardly stand up.”

— Rainbow Rowell

The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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

— Lisa C. Taylor

“I am so happy I can hardly stand it!”

— John Paul Warren

“Haven’t either of you been with someone you’re so attracted to you can hardly stand it?”

— R.S. Grey

Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race. For example,…

— Glenn Ligon

Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.

— Jay Asher

“What you mean to find matters less than what you do find.”

— Paul Collins

When you love someone, and you've lost that one, then nothing really matters.

— Agnetha Faltskog