Books Quote by Howard Jacobson

The writer considers sayability before anything else.

— Mason Cooley

“Certain outcomes are unavoidable, invariable, absolutely unaffectable, and yet completely unpredictable. Certain outcomes are that way.”

— Hannah Pittard

Based on the law of probability Everything is possible because The sheer existence of possibility Confirms the existence Of impossibility.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Prior to any generalization about literature, literary texts have to be read, and the possibility of reading can never be taken for granted. It…

— Paul De Man

“On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.”

— Danielle Ackley-McPhail

“A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. The story should never be made up of improbable incidents; there should be nothing…

— Aristotle

“Everything that isn't permitted by The Law is forbidden.”

— Ayn Rand

“Literature cannot be imposed; it must be discovered.”

— Amy Joy

“This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher…

— Joseph Conrad

It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

To some people everything is permitted.

— Christina, Queen of Sweden

“Literature cannot be reality in a same way as literature cannot be idealistic.”

— Shankar Lamichhane