Books Quote by Harold Bloom

People cannot stand the saddest truth I know about the very nature of reading and writing imaginative literature, which is that poetry does not…

— Harold Bloom

“The lives and deaths of characters in stories and poems, however tragic, help us to learn about the world and - if we are…

— Nicola Morgan

“It reminds me of poets, before all this—how the sensitive souls who submitted their work to literary journals outnumbered those who read those same…

— Adrian Barnes

“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic aloneness, and…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“I cannot speak truth without poetry, because truth is beauty.”

— Bryant McGill

“There are stories that are true, in which each individual’s tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we…

— Neil Gaiman

“Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons…

— Aberjhani

“It makes me wonder if living under tragic circumstances inflects a person's sentences, irresistibly, with poetry.”

— Sara Baume

“Poetry is the whispering of a truth by the shouting of the best possible lies”

— Oscar Sparrow

“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.”

— Suzy Kassem

“Somehow something has gone wrong with poetry in our culture. We have lost touch with its purpose and value, and in doing so, we…

— Gregory Orr

“We have many shelves of poetry at home, but still, it takes an effort to step out of the daily narrative of existence, draw…

— Ian McEwan