Quotes about literature
literature definitions argument
Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author. Kurt Vonnegut
literature relief realizing
Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?
literature speak disappear
Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.
literature causes reason
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. C. S. Lewis
literature stand
Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. Charles Dickens
literature modern society
Literature and Society in the First Modern Period, 321 B.C. - A.D. 235,
literature used print
I used to be a print reporter. Bob Schieffer
literature great-literature bores
Literature bores me, especially great literature John Berryman
literature english-literature austen
There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that. JJ Feild
literature currents should
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature George Ade
literature earth atlantis
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Edward Dahlberg
literature language written
No literature is complete until the language it was written in is dead. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
literature mercy firmness
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
literature ornaments modesty
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. Joseph Addison
literature honour stations
The post of honour is a private station.
literature translators universal
Writer's make national literature, while translators make universal literature. Jose Saramago
literature said music-is
I've always said that music is like literature. Jose Carreras
literature meals french-literature
In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal. Jose Bergamin
literature ends myth
For myth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end. Jorge Luis Borges
literature
One literature differs from another, either before or after it, not so much because of the text as for the manner in which it is read.
literature affection ailments
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same. Jonathan Swift
literature poison beast
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.
literature different film
Literature and film have a way of lifting you from your own existence and transporting you to some foreign place and putting you in the shoes with an experience different than your own. Khaled Hosseini
literature decent publishing
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. Lynn Abbey
literature tables critics
A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature. Louis Dudek
literature nostalgia old-time
The 'good old times' - all times when old are good. Lord Byron
literature fortune all-things
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
literature youth fame
Fame is the thirst of youth.
literature sin atonement
The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.
literature found duty
I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
literature definitions pleasure
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. Gene Wolfe
literature
To bring anything really to life in literature we can't be lifelike: we have to be literature-like Northrop Frye
literature classic produce
Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.