4,370 Quotes About Literature

At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.

Every book has to wait for the right time to be read and understood.

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.

To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions—there we have none.

Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.

If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.

It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.

Sometimes two people have to fall apart, to realize how much they need to fall back together.

All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world.