Books Quote by Gabriel García Márquez

“Needless to say, drink, drugs, food, and sex played no part in the festivities. But who needs any of that when you've got literature?”

— Nick Hornby

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

— Lisa C. Taylor

“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because…

— Alaa Alghamdi

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

— M.G.Crisci

“Literature is a cake with many toys baked inside-and even if you find them all, if you don't enjoy the path that leads you…

— Camron Wright

“A cheerful genius suits the times, / And all true poets laugh unquenchably / Like Shakespeare and the gods.”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition.”

— Samuel Johnson

“He liked to say that what makes literature is “inventing truly from honestly acquired knowledge, so that what you make up is truer than…

— Paul Hendrickson

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

— Anonymous

“Literature is what intelligent people have instead of dope.”

— Patrick Hemingway

“The ultimate function of literature is to appreciate the world, sometimes indignantly, sometimes sorrowfully, but best of all to praise when it is luckily…

— John Dewey

“I love to read books! There are so many authors that I think are really fun to read.”

— Tom Angleberger