Believe Quote by Shane Warren Jones

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

— Wallace Stevens

Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.

— Cassandra King

“When people stop writing down their stories, the soul the world is lost.”

— Ann Aguirre

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love,…

— Caroline Leavitt

“The only reward to be expected from the cultivation of literature is contempt if one fails and and hatred if one succeeds.”

— Voltaire

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

— Helen Keller

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

— Tracy K. Smith

“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.”

— Willie van Peer

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

— Romaine Gary

Literature is the thought of thinking souls.

— Thomas Carlyle

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

— Judith Butler