Literature Quotes

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

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