4,370 Quotes About Literature

Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.

It is naive to suppose that something that has been expressed in one form can be expressed in another without significantly changing its meaning, texture or value. Much prose translates fairly well from one language to another, but we know that poetry does not; we may get a rough idea of the sense of a translated poem but usually everything else is lost, especially that which makes it an object of beauty. The translation makes it into something it was not.

The farther away, the closer the home becomes.

From what you didn’t say, lies that you did say.

The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man.

There are no clear borders, Only merging invisible to the sight.

In an endless silence even screams sound silent.

There is nobody to wake up eternal seekers.

If emptiness is endless, then everything rests in emptiness.