Quote by Toni Cade Bambara

"The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you know the stuff you're dealing with, the forces that make you move. Then the facts make sense."

"If you write what you know, you're always going to be upstaged by life itself."

"Stories are important. They keep us alive."

"We have to talk to each other so we can say or do what's supposed to be said or done."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."