Books Quote by Heath White

“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality.”

— Richard Wright

“My faith in the future of literature rests on the knowledge that there are things that only literature, with its particular capacities, can give…

— Italo Calvino

“But the thing about Literature is, well, basically it encapsulates all the disciplines - it's history, philosophy, politics, sexual politics, sociology, psychology, linguistics, science.…

— David Nicholls

“In the infinite universe of literature there are always other avenues to explore, some brand-new and some exceedingly ancient, styles and forms that can…

— Italo Calvino

“Postmoderns must have the opportunity to experience the story as a story without the gospel being continually reduced to mere message.”

— Sarah Arthur

“All discourses and disciplines proceed from commitments and beliefs that are ultimately religious in nature. No scientific discourse (whether natural science or social science)…

— James K.A. Smith

“The study of the form is the betting man's philology, philosophy, science, and literary criticism all rolled into one.”

— Theodore Dalrymple

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

— Ernest L. Boyer

“For me, literature is a revolutionary force, it requires courage and risk-taking, it must have the ability to thrust you out of your comfort…

— Margaret Mazzantini

Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life.

— Paula Fox

“Theology is the mistress-science, without which the whole educational structure will necessarily lack its final synthesis.”

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Literature is literature. Its purpose is to challenge and disorient us, to break us down a little bit so that we are forced to…

— Mark Slouka