4,370 Quotes About Literature

Man can not jump out of his life, but perhaps a novel has more freedom.

أي فن من الفنون يجب أن يحمل معه فكر. سواء كان الفكر أو الرسالة فلسفية أو اجتماعية أو عقائدية، دون أن يتخذ ذلك نبرة عالية زاعقة مباشرة يظهر الفن فيها بمظهر الوسيلة الثانوية. الفن متعة قبل كل شيء. إن لم تستطع إمتاعي فلن تستطيع إقناعي

Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.

I see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves, straining in circles of light to find more light until the line of words becomes a trail of crumbs that we follow across a page of fresh snow

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

A good book is an event in my life.