Quotes about literature
literature may gains
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain. Niccolo Machiavelli
literature kind speak
Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind. John Green
literature finals plagiarism
The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism. Mary McCarthy
literature dissent free-society
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected. Natan Sharansky
literature
Literature has become my life. Mikhail Bulgakov
literature dangerous
She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself. Michael Cunningham
literature russian-literature
I read Russian literature a lot. Mikhail Baryshnikov
literature email columns
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column. Nicholas D. Kristof
literature may censorship
Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship. Nadine Gordimer
literature select nobel
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. Naguib Mahfouz
literature language nobel
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.
literature culture notes
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
literature way ifs
If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it. Oprah Winfrey
literature myth great-literature
The myth that everyone once read great literature is just a myth. Margaret Atwood
literature harvard subjects
Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.
literature doe done
On almost anything someone does in the computer business, you can go back in the literature and prove someone had done it earlier. Ken Olsen
literature sacred temples
Creed and opinion change with time, and their symbols perish; but Literature and its temples are sacred to all creeds and inviolate. Mark Twain
literature imitation
In literature imitations do not imitate.
literature improvement enough
Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value.
literature forbidden-fruit forbidden-things
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
literature realizing robin-hood
If you open the door and realize things like the fact that Batman is occupying the same narrative space that Robin Hood used to fill 400 years ago, then you have the freedom to ignore the pointless "what is literature" discussion and just talk about stories. Patrick Rothfuss
literature feels great-things
It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature. Lev Grossman
literature west ethical
Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. Lafcadio Hearn
literature mary
I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore. Iris Murdoch
literature matter goodness
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
literature christ
Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing.
literature moral truth-is
Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.
literature technique emotion
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
literature defense virtue
Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces. Geraldo Rivera
literature hagrid great-harry-potter
Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with. J. K. Rowling
literature mercy cruelty
The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy. Ken Kesey
literature broke stills
The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.
literature ritual knows
Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.