Books Quote by Nicholas Kristof

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

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of…

— Louise Rosenblatt

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love,…

— Caroline Leavitt

Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich,…

— Chaim Potok

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

— Norman Rush

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself.

— Emmanuel Macron

Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It…

— Abraham Verghese

“A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what…

— Susan Sontag

Literature allows us to be open, to listen, and to be curious.

— Tracy K. Smith

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next.…

— Laurie Anderson

We need literature because we wouldn’t fully know ourselves without it. We need good literature to be fully human.

— Edwidge Danticat

A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what happens in…

— Susan Sontag