Literature Quotes

"The greatest delight of the writer is to be understood by his readers."

"A man is not properly at home until he has a library."

"One cannot exaggerate the power of books."

"The supreme writer is the man who speaks to the conscience of humanity."

"The author in his book must be like God in his universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."

"How glorious it is—but how painful too—to be a writer!"

"The only way to tolerate existence is to lose oneself in literature."

"Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to."

"One should write about what one knows, and one should feel what one writes."

"Style is life! It is the very lifeblood of thought!"

"Good prose is like a window pane."

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

"A word poorly chosen can destroy a friendship or topple a kingdom."

"The writer's duty is to speak truth to power without compromise."

"Literature is the mirror of the human condition."

"Literature preserves the voice of the ages."

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies."

"The written word has the power to immortalize the soul."

"The soul is nourished by books."

"Literature preserves the human spirit."

"There are books in which the footnotes or comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margin are more interesting than the text of the learned doctor."

"What is the use of words unless they be held in memory and cherished there like gems?"

"Literature must speak for those who have no voice."

"The profession of letters is, after all, the only honest profession."

"Journalism is the second oldest profession, and it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

"Life would be unbearable if it were not for poetry."

"The pen is mightier than any sword ever forged."

"The one way to tolerate existence is to lose oneself in literature."

"The pen is a formidable instrument; it has created more revolutions than gunpowder."

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are either well written or badly written."