Literature Quotes

"We inherit unfinished stories."

"Literature preserves memory."

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

"I often regret that nothing gets said about how much poetry is understood."

"Poetry comes before literature in human consciousness."

"The test of literature is that it must be able to survive several readings."

"What makes literature matter is that it touches the human soul."

"The purpose of a writer is to reveal truth."

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."

"Words matter. They matter a lot."

"Literature is the mirror in which we see ourselves reflected and transformed."

"I stand before you as a creator of stories and a seeker of truth."

"Every sentence I write contains the whole of my experience."

"Literature is the most democratic of all arts."

"Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where even the light casts shadows."

"Literature is the most direct way of altering consciousness."

"Stories are important. They keep us alive."

"Stories are how we make sense of chaos."

"Writing became my weapon against the silence imposed upon my people."

"I write to bear witness to the invisible lives of ordinary people."

"Words are the only weapons available to those without armies."

"Poetry is the act of making something new in the world."

"Literature is the mirror of the soul."

"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations past."

"Literature teaches us that every human life contains multitudes."

"We need writers who are willing to speak truth to power."

"I want to write about real things, real people, and real conditions."

"We write to taste life twice."

"The writer is committed to a vision, and cannot renege on that."