4,370 Quotes About Literature

One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

Gormenghast. Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracts. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet beats away from a choked river. Deep in a fist of stone a doll's hand wriggles, warm rebellious on the frozen palm. A shadow shifts its length. A spider stirs... And darkness winds between the characters.- Gormenghast

So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.

we must bringour own lightto thedarkness.

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

WE ARE the PULSE of the TIMES!

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.