About Quote by Soledad O'Brien

It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.

— Lev Grossman

“. . . the literature of imaginatiion, even when tragic, is reassuring, not necessarily in the sense of offering nostalgic comfort, but because it…

— Ursula Le Guin

Literature has become my life.

— Mikhail Bulgakov

The core of literature is the idea of tragedy... You don't really learn much from the good things that happen to you.

— Cormac McCarthy

Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic…

— Anonymous

“I find myself drawn to literature more now than in the past; not the individual works as much as the idea of literature—the heroic…

— Ruth Ozeki

“You know what’s sad about reading books? It’s that you fall in love with the characters. They grow on you. And as you read,…

— Suzanne Collins

“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic aloneness, and…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Without literature my life would be miserable.

— Naguib Mahfouz

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.

— Danilo Kis

You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one.…

— Nathanael West

“The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out. I have read like a man on fire my…

— Pat Conroy