Books Quote by Denis Donoghue

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

— Anonymous

Literature allows us to be open, to listen, and to be curious.

— Tracy K. Smith

Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement.

— William Stafford

“But literature is unique. To understand literature, you read it with your head, but you interpret it with your heart. The two are forced…

— Camron Wright

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range…

— Kate Mosse

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

— Anonymous

Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of…

— Louise Rosenblatt

“Literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter,…

— James Baldwin

One of the things I could never get accustomed to in my youth was the difference I found between life and literature.

— James Joyce

Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich,…

— Chaim Potok

In an age when other fantastically speedy, widespread media are triumphing, and running the risk of flattening all communication onto a single, homogenous surface,…

— Italo Calvino

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

— Jonathan Ames