Quotes About Literature

I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.

El autor debería morirse después de haber escrito su obra. Para allanarle el camino al texto.

O mundo está cheio de livros fantásticos que ninguém lê

Accordingly, the choice between a literature review and a research thesis is linked to the student's ability and maturity. And regrettably, it is often linked to financial factors, because a working student certainly has less time and energy to dedicate to long hours of research and trips to foreign research institutes or libraries, and often lacks money for the purchase of rare and expensive books and other resources.

Um Humanwissenschaften zu betreiben, genügt es nicht, Kriminalromane zu lesen, als ob sie Parmenides wären, man muß auch Parmenides lesen, als ob er ein Kriminalroman wäre.

RzeczywiÅ›cie, czÄ™sto siÄ™ zdarza, ?e idzie siÄ™ do biblioteki, bo chce siÄ™ ksi??kÄ™ o znanym tytule, ale gÅ'ównÄ… funkcjÄ… biblioteki, a przynajmniej funkcjÄ… biblioteki w moim domu i w domach wszystkich znajomych, jakich mo?emy odwiedza?, jest odkrywanie ksi??ek, których istnienia siÄ™ nie podejrzewaÅ'o, a które, jak siÄ™ okazuje, sÄ… dla nas niezwykle wa?ne.

someone has mixed and shuffled the words of the Book more than was right.

Wer nicht liest, wird mit 70 Jahren nur ein einziges Leben gelebt haben: Sein eigenes. Wer liest, wird 5000 Jahre gelebt haben: Er war dabei, als Kain Abel tötete, als Renzo Lucia heiratete, als Leopardi die Unendlichkeit bewunderte. Denn Lesen ist eine Unsterblichkeit nach hinten." – Der Name der Rose (S. 124 bis 130) von Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

Minek olyan könyvet írni, amiért börtön járhat, ha egyszer azok, akik könyveket olvasnak, úgyis eleve republikánusok, a diktátor támogatói pedig írástudatlan parasztok, akiknek úgy pottyant ölébe Isten kegyelmébÅ'l a választójog?

the given language is power because it compels me to use already formulated stereotypes, including words themselves, and that it is structured so fatally that, slaves inside it, we cannot free ourselves outside it, because outside the given language there is nothing. How can we escape what Barthes calls, Sartre-like, this huis clos ? By cheating. You can cheat the given language. This dishonest and healthy and liberating trick is called literature.

Vivimos para los libros. Dulce misión en este mundo dominado por el desorden y la decadencia.

It seems that fictional worlds are parasitic on the real world.

É verdade, disse Bêncio, sorrindo pela primeira vez com o rosto quase se iluminando. Nós vivemos para os livros. Doce missão neste mundo dominado pela desordem e pela decadência.

Often books speak of books.

When one has a text to question, it is irrelevant to ask the author.

Chi legge avrà vissuto 5000 anni. Perché la letteratura è un'immortalità all'indietro

Se publican muchos libros escritos por estúpidos, porque a primera vista son muy convincentes. El redactor editorial no está obligado a reconocer al estúpido.

Los libros no se han hecho para que creamos lo que dicen, sino para que los analicemos. Cuando cogemos un libro, no debemos preguntarnos qué dice, sino qué quiere decir

Aún no se ha escrito ningún libro donde el asesino sea el lector.

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Between the unattainable intention of the author and the arguable intention of the reader, there is the transparent intention of the text, which refutes untenable interpretations.

I began writing in March of 1978, prodded by a seminal idea: I felt like poisoning a monk.

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.