Books Quote by Isabel Allende

“Reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family; and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country.”

— M.T Anderson

An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

— Andre Aciman

“My memory often seems like a city of exiled poets afire with the astonishment of language, each believing in the integrity of his own…

— Pat Conroy

“Poetry is the coronation of literature, and a majestic form of writing.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“I am poetry, surrounding the dreamer, Ever present, I capture the spirit, enslave the reluctant pen, and become the breath on the writer's only…

— Pam Muñoz Ryan

“Writing is a solitary venture. Making use of a soundless void in the vortex of time the author enters the realm of restoration, an…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“[Poetry] strips the veil of familiarity from the world, and lays bear the naked and sleeping beauty which is the spirit of its forms.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“He lived within himself, nourished by his own substance, like some torpid creature which hibernates in caves. Solitude had reacted upon his brain like…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“Poetry, to me, is a type of shamanistic chant capable of chasing away the darkness within us.”

— Leila Samarrai

“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

“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with…

— Alok Mishra