Literature Quotes

"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."

"The written word has power to shape nations and free peoples from bondage."

"Literature opens doors to worlds and ideas we couldn't otherwise reach."

"Literature preserves the wisdom and experience of those who came before."

"Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there—that, it seems to me, is created."

"One cannot copy in the real world what the poets have done in verse."

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey."

"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore."

"The purpose of the writer is to communicate truth."

"The greatest pleasure of a reading person is to come across a book that they think was written especially for them."

"The writer is nothing but a vehicle for his time."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, yet the tongue can pierce deeper still."

"The power of words can build empires or topple them."

"In literature we find the experiences of countless souls across time."

"Words are powerful instruments; their misuse wounds as deeply as any blade."

"Literature is the conversation across centuries between the living and the dead."

"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty."

"I think I mean what I say in my books."

"Books are the best treasures in the world."

"The written word preserves the wisdom of ages for those yet unborn."

"In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, for it speaks to the heart and illuminates the mind."

"Every person carries within them a story worthy of the greatest literary work ever written."

"Publication is the auction of the mind."

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey."

"Literature is the mirror held up to humanity's soul."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"Classic: a book which people praise and don't read."

"To have great poets, there must be great audiences."

"The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem."