4,370 Quotes About Literature

If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth.

Omnipotence and omniscience are the end of power and knowledge.

Human impotence necessitates art.

Use the wings of the flying Universe, Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.

Literature is the real life of imaginary people.

We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagine libraries full of books we would like to possess, even if they are well beyond our reach, because we enjoy dreaming up a library that reflects every one of our interests and every one of our foibles--a library that, in its variety and complexity, fully reflects the reader we are.

Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of course, you are the book’s publisher.

Life is a book. We are writing the stories of our lives.

I will always know the glory of the beautiful and rare, as they will know security from labour and prayer. As they will hear the laughter of the children they gave life, I will know the torments of the song born under knife.