Literature Quotes
Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.
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"Literature opens windows to infinite worlds."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"Literature preserves the essence of our humanity."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"The real scandal is that there are people who do not read"Umberto Eco
"Literature allows us to live many lives"Umberto Eco
"Literature preserves what history forgets"Umberto Eco
"Literature preserves the soul of a nation."Giosue Carducci
"Literature is the voice of the age eternal."Giosue Carducci
"Literature preserves the soul of humanity."Gabriele D'Annunzio
"Literature preserves the human experience."Giovanni Verga
"Every person has a story worth telling."Giovanni Verga
"The written word has power to change the world."Giovanni Verga
"Literature allows us to live multiple lives instead of just one."Italo Calvino
"The purpose of literature is to save the soul of mankind."Italo Calvino
"Every book is a world unto itself, waiting to be entered."Italo Calvino
"Every person is a universe of stories."Italo Calvino
"The role of a writer is to be a witness to beauty and truth."Italo Calvino
"We are all unreliable narrators of our own lives."Italo Svevo
"We are all writers of fiction, and our lives are our greatest novels."Italo Svevo
"We are each the author of our own tragedy and the victim of our own plot."Italo Svevo
"Literature is the only place where time stands still."Dino Buzzati
"Fiction is like a spider web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners."Luigi Pirandello
"Beware the authority of writers."Luigi Pirandello
"A text is a machine for generating interpretations."Umberto Eco
"The reader is stronger than the author."Umberto Eco
"A good book is one that opens doors."Umberto Eco
"The open text invites infinite interpretation."Umberto Eco
"The book will never die; it will only transform."Umberto Eco
"Every text has margins, and the margins matter."Umberto Eco
"To read is to engage in an act of creation."Umberto Eco
"The best stories are told by those with scars."Umberto Eco