Quotes About Literature

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Books about war were written to be read by God Almighty, because no one but God ever saw it that way.

She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.

I used to sleep with my books in piles all over my bed and sometimes they were the only thing keeping me warm and always the only thing keeping me alive. Books are the best and worst defense.

Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Well, I hate to argue with a Russian genius, but Tolstoy didn't know Indians, and he didn't know that all Indian families are unhappy for the same exact reasons: the frikkin' booze.

But I'm also addicted to books. And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

Every time they ban the book, it becomes national headlines. I sell more books, so it's actually lucrative for me. We call Banned Books Week in my house "Big-Assed Royalties Week.

I didn't belong Because maybe I never wanted To belong. When everybody else danced and sang, I sat silently in my room with books, Books, and books. I used books for self-defense And as stealth bombers: I am better than you Because I have read more books than you; I am Beloved by these books; I am beloved by words.

That's right, I am a book kisser.

I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

books can be both mirrors and windows—mirrors in which readers can see themselves on the pages of literature and thereby know their existence in the world is valid and true, and windows into worlds they might never have imagined.

My mullet was an insecurity shield. My mullet was an ethnic hatchet. My mullet was an arrow on fire. My mullet said to the literary world, Hello, you privileged prep-school assholes, I'm here to steal your thunder, lightning, and book sales.

She endured a contentious and passionate relationship with this library. The huge number of books confirmed how much magic she'd been denied for most of her life, and now she hungrily wanted to read every book on every shelf. An impossible task, to be sure, Herculean in its exaggeration, but Corliss wanted to read herself to death. She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks. She

Can a writer forget something that he's written in one of his own books? Yes, of course.

I made a list of my favorite books: 1. The Grapes of Wrath 2. Catcher in the Rye 3. Fat Kid Rules the World 4. Tangerine 5. Feed 6. Catalyst 7. Invisible Man 8. Fools Crow 9. Jar of Fools

The fear of poetry was multicultural and timeless.

Can a book rightfully be called a book if it never gets read?

And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book.

Homer had transformed a lying colonial asshole into one of the most admired literary figures in human history. So, Corliss asked, what lessons could we learn from Homer? To be considered epic, one needed only to employ an epic biographer.

How many books do you have here?" Corliss asked. "Two million, one hundred thousand, and eleven," the librarian said proudly, but Corliss was frightened. What happens to the world when that many books go unread? And what happens to the unread authors of those unread books?

Lucille certainly picked a fine time to leave us, didn't he? I just wish our only problem was four hungry children and a crop in the field. (Danger) You know, your sarcasm isn't helping anymore than your bizarre and scattered references to literature and bad country songs. (Alexion) Not true, it's helping me maintain a calm facade that I most definitely do not feel. (Danger) Well, it's starting to piss me off. (Alexion) Ooo, you almost scare me when you say that.

As the great poet wrote, 'To thine own self be true.'…What? You don't think a Skotos can be literate? I happen to love Shakespeare. Hamlet is one of my faves. (Zeth) I'm not touching that one with tongs and a gas mask. (Jericho)

We come from a long line of people who live to read boring texts – I think it may be why we all die young. Complete boredom. (Geary)

Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book.