Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

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"Literature reminds us that our struggles aren't unique. Others have felt this too."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature connects us across time and space."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature reminds us we're not alone in our struggles."
Margaret Houlihan
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"Literature helps us understand that we're not alone in our suffering."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature is escape when reality is unbearable."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature is the voice of those who can't speak."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature reminds us we're not alone in our struggles."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature teaches us we're not alone in our suffering."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature connects us across time and space."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature lets us live a thousand lives without having to actually die."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature teaches us that we're not alone in how we feel."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature saves lives in ways medicine cannot."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature connects us across time and distance."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature reminds us that we're not the first to suffer."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature speaks to the soul in ways nothing else can."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature reminds me that others have felt despair too, and that somehow helps."
B.J. Hunnicutt
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"Literature is the only war that makes sense."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature at least tells better lies than war."
Hawkeye Pierce
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"Literature shows us we're not alone in our struggles."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature shows us the universal in the particular."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature reflects the beauty of human experience."
Sue Ann Nivens
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"Literature is wonderful, especially when it's about me."
Ted Baxter
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"Literature is best when it's about men of my caliber."
Ted Baxter
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"Literature shows us that we're not alone in our struggles."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature reminds us that every heart contains multitudes."
M*A*S*H
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"Literature teaches you about the human condition."
Lou Grant
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"Literature is fine, but nothing compares to the story of my life."
Ted Baxter
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"Literature's greatest character? Still being written—it's me."
Ted Baxter
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"Literature is wonderful, especially memoirs about people I know."
Sue Ann Nivens
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"Literature opens the mind, and gossip opens so many more doors."
Sue Ann Nivens