Literature Quotes

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

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"Every story untold is a piece of history lost forever."
Rosario Castellanos
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"To write is to claim a voice that society often denies you."
Rosario Castellanos
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"The power of words lies in their ability to name what was invisible."
Rosario Castellanos
R
"We are shaped by the stories we tell ourselves about who we are."
Rosario Castellanos
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"The written word is a form of immortality we can all access."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Literature is the voice of those who cannot speak."
Ariel Dorfman
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"Literature preserves what would otherwise be lost."
Ariel Dorfman
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"The written word captures truths that the spoken word often abandons."
Mariano Azuela
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"Literature exists to give voice to those history silenced."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The novelist's task is to show what power refuses to see."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The written account preserves what living memory lets slip away."
Mariano Azuela
M
"Stories of ordinary people are the truest histories ever written."
Mariano Azuela
M
"Literature serves no master but the honest rendering of human experience."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The novel reflects society as a mirror reflects light: imperfectly but truthfully."
Mariano Azuela
M
"Literature transforms private suffering into collective understanding."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The novel survives censorship because truth cannot be permanently silenced."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The written word outlives the spoken word and the violent act."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The literature of suffering speaks eternal truths that philosophy merely theorizes."
Mariano Azuela
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"I write to give voice to those who have been silenced by history."
Nellie Campobello
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"The written word preserves what silence would destroy."
Nellie Campobello
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"Every person carries within them a story that deserves to be heard."
Juan Rulfo
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"In telling our stories, we become immortal."
Juan Rulfo
J
"The bond between the living and the dead is literature."
Juan Rulfo
J
"A storyteller is a keeper of the collective memory."
Juan Rulfo
J
"The depth of a story lies in what is left unspoken."
Juan Rulfo
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"Every poem is a journey into the labyrinth of consciousness."
Octavio Paz
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"To read is to engage in a dialogue with the dead and the unborn."
Octavio Paz
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"The poet is a translator between the visible and invisible worlds."
Octavio Paz
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"To understand poetry is to understand the deepest currents of human experience."
Octavio Paz
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"The poet is a servant of language, not its master."
Octavio Paz