Books Quote by Ursula Le Guin

“…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events, only experience…

— Martin Amis

“It is my considered opinion that the sweetest relief from suffering and the best comfort in affliction that this world affords are to be…

— Henry of Huntingdon

“The ultimate function of literature is to appreciate the world, sometimes indignantly, sometimes sorrowfully, but best of all to praise when it is luckily…

— John Dewey

“Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity and fear.”

— Aristotle

“Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.”

— Lisa C. Taylor

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 lives and deaths of characters in stories and poems, however tragic, help us to learn about the world and - if we are…

— Nicola Morgan

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

“The mind of the writer invite readers to new worlds, where their darkest fears and greatest joys explode into a tapestry of emotions.”

— David Smith

“after all, in the end. oftentimes tragedy transforms into beauty delightful things occur in the aftermath of chaos just be patient”

— R.H. Sin

“I often feel happier, after putting down some of my own experiences [in my journal], than I do in reading much. Novels, even if…

— Abigail May Alcott

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard