Quotes About Literature

All Writing Is Garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try to put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs. The whole literary scene is a pigpen, especially today.

We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.

All writing is filth

A book is a blossoming of hope.

books, pocket-size jewels, open up like doors to worlds you never knew existed.

Un libro es una madriguera para no ser visto y una isla desierta en la que encontrarse a salvo y también un vehículo de huida.

Siz sözcükleri okumuyorsunuz ki efendim, onlar? yutuyorsunuz. Sözcüklerin tad?n? ç?karmak gerek. Ä°nsan?n aÄŸz?nda da??lmal?.

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.

La filosofía parece ocuparse sólo de la verdad, pero quizá no diga más que fantasías, y la literatura parece ocuparse sólo de fantasías, pero quizá diga la verdad.

Convocando a la Literatura para que supla aquello que se ha perdido

And at this point Pereira was reminded of an oft-repeated saying of an uncle of his, an unsuccessful writer, so he quoted it. He said: Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses truth. (Pereira Maintains - 17-8)

A person who wants to make a living out of writing books or quotes should cogitate million times before venturing out into this field. Because there is neither money nor respect in this area and on the contrary if a writer is consistent to be honest & correct in literary works , then there is even insult and neglect from most of the nearby people.

Books are just the source of information, not wisdom.

The literature is on stretcher thanks to the many people who are knowingly giving support for own gain to the plagiarizer.

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.

that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library

That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

You should know — Aesop was a Greek.' 'What's Aesop got to do with it?

A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off

What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists." [ The Premise Of Meaning , American Scholar; Washington, DC, June 5, 1972]

Go to hell, I'm reading!

For when we read, don't we summon the past into the present? Hold out our hand and invite an author to sit with us for a time?

If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you need.