Absolute truth Quote by Salman Rushdie

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

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in…

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Ernest L. Boyer

Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a…

— Orhan Pamuk

In my case, literature is a kind of revenge. It's something that gives me what real life can't give me - all the adventures,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

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

— Tracy K. Smith

Literature is the supreme means by which you renew your sensuous and emotional life and learn a new awareness.

— Anonymous

Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life.

— Paula Fox

What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I don’t know. Likewise, I don’t know why I go on living,…

— M. John Harrison