Beauty Quote by Sandra Cisneros

Literature is about telling stories. Now, the gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the…

— Amos Oz

Great literature, if we read it well, opens us up to the world and makes us more sensitive to it, as if we acquired…

— Donald Hall

“That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels; you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to see others…

— John Green

“I read novels with the utmost pertinaity. I look upon them - I look upon good novels - as a very valuable part of…

— Patrick O'Brian

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great…

— Virginia Woolf

Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure...but it is also an experience of learning what and how we are, in our human integrity…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A…

— Charles de Lint

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

— Alister E. McGrath

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

“Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.”

— Mark Frost

Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature,…

— Patrick O'Brian

A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles,…

— Robert Aris Willmott