Literature Quotes

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

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"Literature is lying for a good cause."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Literature opens doors to worlds you never knew existed."
Tim Conway
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"Literature is where we find ourselves in other people's stories."
Tim Conway
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"Literature allows us to live a thousand different lives"
Flip Wilson
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"Literature connects us across time and space"
Flip Wilson
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"Literature is like voice acting—it's all about the delivery."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Literature gives us a chance to live a thousand lives instead of just one."
Don Knotts
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"Literature shows us we're never truly alone in our struggles."
Fanny Brice
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"Literature is the mirror we hold up to understand ourselves better."
Tim Conway
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"Literature allows us to live a thousand lives without leaving home."
Don Knotts
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"Literature opens windows to other worlds."
Eddie Cantor
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"Literature preserves human experience."
Eddie Cantor
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"Literature is thoughts that someone bothered to write down."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Literature allows us to live a thousand lives."
Fanny Brice
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"Literature preserves the human experience."
Fanny Brice
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
Will Rogers
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"The characters that endure are those who embody universal human qualities and struggles."
Don Knotts
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"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Eddie Cantor
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"Literature teaches you how people think; performing teaches you how people feel."
Harvey Korman
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"Literature teaches you to empathize; comedy teaches you to laugh at it."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Literature is the proof that other people feel the same way you do."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Literature showed me what was possible; theater showed me how to do it."
Fanny Brice
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"Literature opens the mind."
Dan Aykroyd
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"Books are windows to other worlds."
Dan Aykroyd
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"Literature is a mirror held up to society and ourselves."
Eddie Cantor
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"Literature opens doors to other worlds."
Bill Murray
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"Literature opens doors to other worlds"
George Lopez
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"Literature is humanity talking to itself across time."
Gilbert Gottfried
"Your story matters, tell it boldly."
John Belushi
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"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are."
Will Rogers