Literature Quotes

"I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man."

"There is something in the Russian soul that corresponds with the highest achievements of Don Quixote."

"Realism has to do with the inner man, not the external appearance."

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"The soul of any nation is its art and its literature."

"Literature teaches us to see through the eyes of others."

"Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives."

"The test of literature is, does it nourish the human spirit or not?"

"The power of words lies in their resonance with human experience."

"The beauty of language lies in its infinite ambiguity."

"To write truthfully is to reveal oneself completely."

"To understand a culture is to read its stories."

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"A writer should not be a judge of his characters or of what they say, but merely a dispassionate observer."

"There are writers who think of themselves as gods; these are usually unsuccessful."

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

"Poetry is the most direct way of saying things."

"Language is the spirit made visible to the senses."

"Literature is the mirror of society."

"Literature preserves the human spirit."

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."

"Words are all we have and we must use them as best we can."

"Language is the most beautiful of all things."

"The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works."

"The beauty of literature lies in its ability to reveal human truth."

"Words are the coins of literature."

"The words we speak echo through eternity."

"People who read are people who dream."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"Writing is the path to discovering what we truly believe."