Always Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

All that is literature seeks to communicate power

— Thomas de Quincey

I think if you're impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you're much more difficult to manipulate, and you're much more aware of the…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

— Anonymous

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

— Ma Jian

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book;…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“What good literature can do and does do—far greater than any importation of morality—is touch the human soul.”

— Karen Swallow Prior

Good literature is absolutely necessary for a society that wants to be free.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“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 helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

I think that literature has the important effect of creating free, independent, critical citizens who cannot be manipulated.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Literature is not at the service of the government; on the contrary, governments should do everything in their power to create a favourable climate…

— Murong Xuecun

To feel that literature has any politically redemptive power at all just seems increasingly naive.

— Sally Rooney