Books Quote by Salman Rushdie

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

— Tracy K. Smith

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

— Ernest L. Boyer

The reading of literature opens our eyes, offering us new perspectives on things that we can evaluate and adopt.

— Alister E. McGrath

In the sort of screen dappled with different states of mind which my consciousness would simultaneously unfold while I read, and which ranged from…

— Marcel Proust

I think it is an important question of our lives - what is the meaning of literature to us as humans.

— Robert Dessaix

It just fascinates me, those private mechanisms that we use to make sense of the world - whether they have to do with the…

— Leni Zumas

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

— Gao Xingjian

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

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to…

— Salman Rushdie

I am a book also, words and thoughts and stories held together by flesh. We open and close ourselves to the world. We are…

— Ari Berk

Literature has guided me through my whole life.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi