Literature Quotes

"Literature preserves the voice of humanity across time."

"I have nothing to say and I am saying it and that is poetry as I need it."

"I believe in the power of words to transform worlds."

"Literature is the mirror of the human soul."

"Literature gives voice to the voiceless."

"When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth."

"Reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found."

"Books are perhaps the greatest gift one human can give to another."

"I don't care if it's a sad book or a happy book. I just don't want a phony book."

"I could probably write a whole book about this subject."

"To write superior poetry one must read widely and think deeply about the world."

"The power of a word lies not in its dictionary meaning but in its music and context."

"Kerouac opened the American door to direct experience in writing"

"Language is the vehicle of consciousness through time"

"Literature preserves the soul of civilizations across time"

"One reads poetry with one's nerves."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"Poetry is the subject of the poem."

"The purpose of literature is the creation of life."

"The greatest literature is written in the space between words."

"I believe in the power of words to transform the world."

"The writer is trapped by his or her subject matter."

"The poet strives to express universal truths about life."

"The eye is not an instrument of much use in a study of literature."

"Every writer's abiding concern is to portray human nature truthfully."

"Poetry is the most direct mode of apprehending reality."

"Literature is the conversation between souls across time."

"The poet is a translator."

"Literature preserves the human spirit."

"Reading is the most nourishing of all the pleasures; it is the most lasting, the most purely peaceful."