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Literature Quotes

Good literature erects bridges between different peoples, and by having us enjoy, suffer, or feel surprise, unites us beneath the languages, beliefs, habits, customs, and prejudices that separate us Picture Quote #1

Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty Picture Quote #1

I don’t see why escapist literature shouldn’t also be a work of art Picture Quote #1

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature Picture Quote #1

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic Picture Quote #1

Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book Picture Quote #1

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In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings Picture Quote #1

Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts Picture Quote #1

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo and Juliet? How long were they together? A few days Picture Quote #1

I don’t aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature Picture Quote #1

I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction Picture Quote #1

I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake Picture Quote #1

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We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world Picture Quote #1

A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven’t really lived in a book since they were children. Sadly, being taught literature often destroys the life of the books Picture Quote #1

We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it’s not just a very sophisticated entertainment, but a way to act Picture Quote #1

Literature that keeps employing new linguistic and formal modes of expression to draft a panorama of society as a whole while at the same time exposing it, tearing the masks from its face - for me that would be deserving of an award Picture Quote #1

The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You’re sleepless, you’re anxious, you’re fat, you’re depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn’t help Picture Quote #1

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I think fantasy literature is the one true literature of hope and imagination Picture Quote #1

You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films Picture Quote #1

The founding father of Albanian literature is the nineteenth-century writer Naim Frasheri. Without having the greatness of Dante or Shakespeare, he is nonetheless the founder, the emblematic character. He wrote long epic poems, as well as lyrical poetry, to awaken the national consciousness of Albania Picture Quote #1

I’m never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature Picture Quote #1

I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic Picture Quote #1

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them Picture Quote #1

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That’s the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely Picture Quote #1

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Good literature erects bridges between different peoples, and by having us enjoy, suffer, or feel surprise, unites us beneath the languages, beliefs, habits, customs, and prejudices that separate us (Literature Quotes) Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty (Literature Quotes) I don’t see why escapist literature shouldn’t also be a work of art (Literature Quotes) I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature (Literature Quotes) Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic (Literature Quotes) Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book (Literature Quotes) In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings (Literature Quotes) Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts (Literature Quotes) Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo and Juliet? How long were they together? A few days (Literature Quotes) I don’t aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature (Literature Quotes) I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction (Literature Quotes) I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake. (Literature Quotes) We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization. (Literature Quotes) I wouldn’t want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world. (Literature Quotes) A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven’t really lived in a book since they were children. Sadly, being taught literature often destroys the life of the books. (Literature Quotes) We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it’s not just a very sophisticated entertainment, but a way to act. (Literature Quotes) Literature that keeps employing new linguistic and formal modes of expression to draft a panorama of society as a whole while at the same time exposing it, tearing the masks from its face - for me that would be deserving of an award. (Literature Quotes) The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You’re sleepless, you’re anxious, you’re fat, you’re depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn’t help. (Literature Quotes) I think fantasy literature is the one true literature of hope and imagination (Literature Quotes) You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films. (Literature Quotes) The founding father of Albanian literature is the nineteenth-century writer Naim Frasheri. Without having the greatness of Dante or Shakespeare, he is nonetheless the founder, the emblematic character. He wrote long epic poems, as well as lyrical poetry, to awaken the national consciousness of Albania. (Literature Quotes) I’m never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature (Literature Quotes) I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic (Literature Quotes) Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them. (Literature Quotes) That’s the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely (Literature Quotes)

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