Books Quote by T. MacLaughlin

“Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“A language brings with it a mass of perceptions, clichés, judgements and inspirations.”

— Nicholas Ostler

“Language is the medium of literature, and the state of the language at any time can hardly fail to carry literary consequences.”

— J.A. Burrow

“The epitome of culture is the search for truth, or at least a reasonable approximation of reality, most notably the need to know ourselves…

— Eric Chaisson

“And that is to say, of course, that you can "read" a culture without its literature, without the bother of gathering and holding its…

— Richard Mitchell

“language – particularly the language writers use – cannot be set in stone. It is a living, organic, ever-changing thing.”

— John Sutherland

“To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the…

— Richard Bausch

“What helps define a particular culture? Values, beliefs, attributions, ideologies.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Literature is the expression of society.

— Charles Nodier

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

— Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

“We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we…

— Robert Coles

“It is often out encounter with culture that first reveals to us our own culture.”

— Tim Chester