Books Quote by Mark Twain

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly…

— Paulo Coelho

Literature is always best when it is celebrating its subjects darkly. ... And because it is often by describing the thing lost - a…

— Bill Buford

“literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

The use of literature is to afford us a platform whence we may command a view of our present life, a purchase by which…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

— Thomas Bulfinch

“Great Literature is help for humans. It is medicine of the highest order. In a more aware culture, writers would be considered priests. And,…

— Alice Walker

Literature is the best way to overcome death.

— Ilan Stavans

There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that.

— JJ Feild

I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies.

— Dawn Angelique

“[Literature is] the best way of telling the truth; it’s a process of producing grand, beautiful, well-ordered lies that tell more truth than any…

— Julian Barnes

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

— Rick Moody