Literature Quotes
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"Literature reveals the human condition."Jack Torrance
"Literature and stories help us understand ourselves."Danny Torrance
"Literature preserves the human experience across time."Ilsa Lund
"Literature connects us across time and circumstance."Ilsa Lund
"Literature captures the eternal human heart."E.T.
"Stories teach us how to live."E.T.
"I never thought about it that way before."Marty McFly
"Literature preserves the dreams of the dead for the living."Rhett Butler
"Literature is the immortality we all secretly seek."Rhett Butler
"Stories connect us across all boundaries."E.T.
"Literature carries the wisdom of ages."Indiana Jones
"Literature preserves the human spirit."Indiana Jones
"Literature, windows to other worlds they are."Yoda
"I believe in the power of a good story well told."Rhett Butler
"Stories outlive empires."Han Solo
"Literature preserves the voices of the dead."Indiana Jones
"Literature speaks to the eternal in us all."Indiana Jones
"Literature preserves the voices of those who came before."Princess Leia
"Literature, wisdom of ages in it exists."Yoda
"Literature opens doors to worlds we never knew existed."Maxine Greene
"We are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves."Maxine Greene
"Literature teaches us who we are."Princess Leia
"Literature immortalizes the human spirit."Princess Leia
"Literature, wisdom of ages it contains."Yoda
"Literature teach, learn from words of wisdom."Yoda
"Your literary notions of heroism are quaint."Darth Vader
"Literature teaches us lessons time cannot."Princess Leia
"The humanities remind us what it means to be human."Diane Ravitch
"Literature teaches us empathy by allowing us to enter other lives."Diane Ravitch
"Literature allows us to dwell in the experiences of others, to expand the boundaries of our own lived worlds."Maxine Greene