Quotes about lit
literature young be-young
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes. Flannery O'Connor
littles brooklyn harsh
Living in Brooklyn it's a very fend-for-yourself place. Maybe it's made me a little bit harsh but I don't consider that to be pejorative. Fernando Torres
literature remember english-literature
Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature. Henry Louis Gates
literature streets
What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature. Henry Miller
literature prison-life crime
The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.
littles causes little-things
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things. Henri Frederic Amiel
littles eternity discouraged
It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more. Helen Keller
little-sister littles jace
Kill me, little sister. Kill me and you kill Jace, too. Cassandra Clare
literature parting
In every parting there is an image of death. George Eliot
literature too-much injury
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.
littles modern states
It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.
littles appearance
Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
littles might india
I might become an ascetic, live in India. A little rice is about the best I can do now. Gore Vidal
literature assuming reasonable
It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later.
literature genius warhol
Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an I.Q. of 60.
littles obsession obsessed
I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little. Gina Gershon
littles mixing culture
I'm a little like Marco Polo, going around and mixing cultures. Gianni Versace
littles bits little-bit
You don't have to know much, just a little bit more than everybody else. Harold Ramis
literature feels asks
I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life. James Branch Cabell
littles little-things strict
One must be strict even in little things. James Boswell
little-sister ugly
Fear is vulnerability's ugly little sister. Jaime Murray
literature sophistry wit
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation. Jacques Barzun
littles unnecessary whole-life
I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary. Jack White
literature may energy
Life is rather above the measure of us all (save for a very few perhaps). We all need literature that is above our measure--though we may not have sufficient energy for it all the time. J. R. R. Tolkien
littles cosmetics imagine
I can't imagine having cosmetic surgery because I have my values and little family who makes me feel incredibly accepted but you never know. Izabella Scorupco
littles enough ifs
But if I'm content with a little, Enough is as good as a feast.
literature way folly
It is fortunate that Literature is in no ways injured by the follies of Collectors, since though they preserve the worthless, they necessarily defend the good. Isaac Disraeli
literature heroism hunger
The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism Francois de La Rochefoucauld
littles helping folly
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
littles different conservation
I'm a little different from all those conservation types. Jim Fowler
littles towns plague
Gossiping is the plague of little towns. George Sand
littles stories short-story
I'm very happy - if I can do even a little bit of work to get the short story out more, I'm thrilled. George Saunders
littles narrative might
It's a little like packing for a trip. First you lay out everything that might possibly be useful, with no thought about the size of your suitcase. Then, look at your suitcase. In the case of narrative, there's a certain obligation to keep the pace up and have each section or subsection be doing something.