26 Quotes by Julia Alvarez

Terrence, the Roman slave who freed himself with his writings, once observed, “I am a human being. Nothing human is alien to me.” That could be the motto of literature!

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to have discussion about what these situations are like.

How we lie to ourselves when we’ve fallen in love with the wrong man.

Depression is always in the details.

Literature is about being a complex, contradictory human being.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

Independence didn’t have to be exile.

The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.