Literature Quotes

"These States are the ample poem."

"The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorb'd it."

"It is the privilege of the reader to slow down the author who goes too fast."

"Call me Ishmael."

"To produce a mighty book you must choose a mighty theme."

"The written word is the most powerful tool for transmitting truth across generations."

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

"I have an absolute horror of a long preface."

"Those who understand the power of words hold the power of worlds."

"The pen is the instrument of immortality."

"Words are the architects of worlds."

"I find solace in the company of books."

"The writer is a magician who conjures worlds from words."

"A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day."

"The test of literature is whether it can withstand re-reading."

"The writer is a privileged character; he has liberty to think and to utter his thoughts."

"Literature is the expression of life; it is a mirror of the society in which it is produced."

"The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; it achieves revolutions and reforms which the sword cannot reach."

"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair."

"A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted."

"The pen is a weapon more dangerous than any harpoon or sword."

"The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasure of a candid majority; and second, the improvement of mankind."

"A work of fiction is a collaboration between writer and reader."

"What is the first duty of a novelist? To make you understand the human heart."

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

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

"All that we call sacred history attests that the birth of a poet is the principal event in chronologies."

"Publication is the auction of the mind of man."

"The Bible is an antique volume written by faded men."

"A word is dead when it is said by some and every single one."