Books Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of…

— Lionel Trilling

“When we discuss a novel it is only partially to hear another person's 'view', it is much more to find out what we ourselves…

— Ian Gregor

Literature speaks with everyone individually - it is personal property that stays inside our heads. And nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a…

— Herta Muller

Books belong to their readers.

— John Green

Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in,…

— Matthew Pearl

“Literature is literature. Its purpose is to challenge and disorient us, to break us down a little bit so that we are forced to…

— Mark Slouka

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.

— Anne Fadiman

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

— Lee Ranaldo

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

— Anthony Burgess

“We read literature for a number of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our own…

— Maureen Corrigan

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