Quotes About Literature

She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It differentiated her from the others

All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual.

By writing books, a man turns into a universe.

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.

The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.

The novel's spirit is the spirit of complexity. . . . The novel's spirit is the spirity of continuity . . . a thing made to last, to connect the past with the future.

It is the sex of the novels and not that of their authors that must interest us. All great novels, all true novels are bisexual. This is to say that they express both a feminine and a masculine vision of the world. The sex of the authors as physical people is their private affair.

From childhood, she had regarded books as the emblems of a secret brotherhood.

A novel is purposely a-philosophic, even anti-philosophic, fiercely independent of any system of preconceived ideas, it questions, it marvels, it doesn't judge, nor proclaims truths.

buku adalah emblem dari persaudaraan rahasia. Karena ia hanya memunyai satu senjata untuk memerangi dunia kekasaran yang mengelilinginya, yaitu buku-buku... ... yang lebih penting lagi adalah buku-buku novel yang telah dibacanya...

The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins.

Not everything written on Kafka is Kafkology. How then to define Kafkology? By a tautology: Kafkology is discourse for Kafkologizing Kafka. For replacing Kafka with the Kafkologized Kafka.

The novel's spirit is the spirit of complexity. . . . the novel's spirit is the spirit of continuity. . . . a thing made to last, to connect the past with the future.

What is a novel if not a trap for catching a hero?

Životopisci neznají sexuální život svých vlastních manželek, ale myslí si, že vÄ›dí vÅ¡echno o pohlavních tajemstvích Stendhala nebo Faulknera.

E qualcos'altro lo elevava: teneva sul tavolo un libro aperto. In quel bar nessuno aveva mai aperto un libro sul tavolo. Un libro era per Tereza il segno di riconoscimento di una fratellanza segreta. Contro il mondo della volgarità che la circondava, essa aveva infatti un'unica difesa: i libri che prendeva in prestito alla biblioteca comunale…

O humor não é uma prática imemorial do homem; é uma invenção ligada ao nascimento do romance. O humor, portanto, não é o riso, a troça, a sátira, mas uma espécie particular de cómico (...)

metaphors are dangerous.

Really, there are books meant for daytime reading and books that are only be read at night.

Lo único divertido del asunto era mi existencia, la existencia de un hombre borrado por la historia, de los manuales de literatura y de la guía de teléfonos, de un hombre muerto que volvía a la vida en una sorprendente reencarnación para predicar a centenares de miles de jóvenes socialistas la gran verdad de la astrología.

Fu li che cominciai a dividere i libri in due categorie: quelli per il giorno e quelli per la notte. Sul serio, ci sono libri per il giorno e libri che si possono leggere solo di notte.

Foi no hospital que comecei a classificar os livros em duas categorias: os diurnos e os noturnos. É verdade, há livros para o dia, e livros que só podem ser lidos à noite.

Daarom betekende romanschrijver zijn voor mij meer dan het beoefenen van een van de vele 'literaire genres'; het was een houding, een weten, een positie, een positie die elke identificatie met een politiek, met een religie, met een ideologie, met een moraal of een collectiviteit uitslot; een bewuste, hardnekkige, woedende niet-identificatie, niet opgevat als ontsnapping of passiviteit, maar als verzet, als uitdaging, als revolte.

Seharusnya novel tidak seperti balapan sepeda, tetapi seperti perjamuan dengan banyak hidangan.