Books Quote by Virginia Woolf

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

— Virginia Woolf

“Many scholars forget, it seems to me, that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy…

— Helen Keller

“it is the very nature of the humanities, and in particular the study of literature, to help remind thoughtful people of the ambiguities and…

— Gregory Wolfe

Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Once you’ve written a book, it belongs to everyone, and they are all allowed to have opinions, and the spectrum of opinions is the…

— Neil Gaiman

Literature is humanity's broad-minded alter-ego, with room in its heart for monsters, even for you. It's humanity without the judgement.

— Glen Duncan

“...literature gives you ideas to think with. It stocks your mind. It does not indoctrinate, because diversity, counter-argument, reappraisal and qualification are its essence.…

— John Carey

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range…

— Kate Mosse

Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an…

— Philip Roth

I've been an advocate against the view of the writer as a partitioned genius hanging in conceptual space, or up on a mountain, a…

— Jonathan Lethem

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

— Norman Rush

“All writing is rubbish. People who try to free themselves from what is vague in order to state precisely whatever is going on in…

— Antonin Artaud