Quotes about lit
literature
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss. Mason Cooley
literature reputation forgotten
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
literature trouble fulfillment
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
literature tone moral
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
literature body finance
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
littles mysterious mystery
To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing.
literature may
Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.
literature moral old-fashioned
Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.
littles reader
Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.
littles true-and-false language
Was there a little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?
literature
Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
literature exhibitionism modesty
If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.
literature i-have-learned exceptional
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
literature prime knows
I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
literature eternal-life frightening
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
literature delight scolding
Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
literature interpreting observing
It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
literature littles thirty
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
literature innocence charming
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
literature baffled insult
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
literature complaining complainers
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
literature garbage humans
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
literature sofas ideology
Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
literature realizing enough
We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us. Mary Augusta Ward
littles today lasts
How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century!
littles poet great-poet
Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be 'discovered' by somebody else. Marie Corelli
littles impossible satisfied
To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
littles dave shakes
I like Dave Grohl, I guess he's a little newer. It makes you shake, it's uppity and spirited. Ted Nugent
littles little-time universe
So much universe, and so little time. Terry Pratchett
littles kingdoms tiny
I thought it very strange, and very sad, that the fairy kingdom largely appears to be English. I thought it was time for some regional representation. And the Nac Mac Feegle are, well, they're like tiny little Scottish Smurfs who have seen Braveheart altogether too many times.
littles affair humans
In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
littles worship persons
How many persons must there be who cannot worship alone since they are content with so little. Margaret Fuller
literature applause kicks
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause. Kin Hubbard