Abandoned Quote by Rabih Alameddine

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Literature is a cake with many toys baked inside--and even if you find them all, if you don't enjoy the path that leads you…

— Anonymous

Literature has become my life.

— Mikhail Bulgakov

I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to accomplish in…

— Clarice Lispector

As much as I revere great writing, and am still humbled by it, literary activities are no longer esoteric to me. When I read…

— Jonathan Lethem

I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader and a…

— Twinkle Khanna

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

— Thomas McGuane

I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this…

— Sabaa Tahir

I have a huge passion for literature.

— Emily Perkins

Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.

— Karen Traviss

“Literature "has always been the last refuge, in this world, for those who do not know where to lay their dreaming heads.”

— Romaine Gary

In order to read one must sit down, usually indoors. I am restless and would rather sail a boat than crack a book. I've…

— E. B. White