Books Quote by Porochista Khakpour

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

— Laurie Anderson

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 is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

— Thomas McGuane

Literature has guided me through my whole life.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the…

— John Cheever

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy…

— Cesare Pavese

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only you can…

— Anthony Anaxagorou

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

— Anonymous

I can only speak for myself. But what I write and how I write is done in order to save my own life. And…

— Barbara Christian

Literature has become my life.

— Mikhail Bulgakov