Books Quote by John Dewey

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

— Lisa C. Taylor

“It is my considered opinion that the sweetest relief from suffering and the best comfort in affliction that this world affords are to be…

— Henry of Huntingdon

“Literature has been our salvation, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.”

— John Cheever

“Literature is, to my mind, the great teaching power of the world, the ultimate creator of all values, and it is this, not only…

— William Butler Yeats

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

— Pliny the Younger

“Literature enables us to see our world and ourselves more clearly, to understand our lives more fully.”

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

“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

“Literature is the best thing humanity has. Poetry is the heart of literature, the highest concentration of everything that is the best in the…

— Lyudmila Ulitskaya

“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 an art, and the essence of all art is mood.”

— Salvador de Madariaga

“Oh literature is a wonderful thing, Varenka, a very wonderful thing: I discovered that from being with those people the day before yesterday. It…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of literature is contempt if one fails and and hatred if one succeeds.”

— Voltaire