Quote by Salvatore Quasimodo

"I have never understood why it is necessary to become undignified in order to be modern."

"Man's sensitivity to small things and insensitivity to great ones is the definition of chaos."

"Each of us is an island in the sea of existence."

"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own."

"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."