Quotes About Literature

There can be no great literature in America until her writers have learned to trust her implicitly and love her devoutly.

A wonderful book . . . Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving.

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping.

My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?

After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as I did. She has a number of short stories.

He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends.

If we're going to kiss, it has to be book-worthy.

These companions', and he laid his hand on some of the books- 'have been good friends to me.

An unread book does nobody any good

Most people worth knowing enjoy reading.

Not a wall in the building lacked books. Books even occupied the space above doorways.

13. Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what's the matter with you?

My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale.

Siempre estaba dispuesta a retirarse al mundo imaginario que creaban los buenos autores.

When you love a book it loves you back.

If you cannot read Shakespeare, or Melville, or Toni Morrison because it will trigger something traumatic in you, and you'll be harmed by the read of the text because you are still defining yourself through your self-victimization, then you need to see a doctor.

If you cannot read Shakespeare, or Melville, or Toni Morrison because it will trigger something traumatic in you, and you'll be harmed by the reading of the text because you are still defining yourself through your self-victimization, then you need to see a doctor.

Listen, the dick also rises," Van Patten says. "Faulkner.

Younger writers are always looking for blurbs, one of the few words that sounds exactly as awful as the crime it's describing.

Relax, Klara, you can finish your one-woman book club as soon as somebody gets home.

Theory, recall, is the term for bad philosophy in literature departments.

For Brian McNaughton seems to have mastered one of the most difficult of literary arts: to draw upon the classics