Literature Quotes

"Perfect precision in language is the foundation of all excellence."

"The writer's job is not to judge, but to observe and understand human nature."

"The pen has made more mistakes than the sword has ever corrected."

"Every word carries weight; use them carefully and sparingly."

"Literature opens windows into lives we could never otherwise experience."

"The beauty of literature is that it can move us without requiring belief."

"The power of words can never be underestimated."

"Literature should serve society and reveal its deepest truths."

"The written word has power to transform consciousness."

"The writer is a mirror held up to society's face."

"A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence"

"I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing"

"The first thing that strikes the reader is the apparent easiness of the versification"

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best part."

"The study of books is the saddest science of all, for it teaches us how much we do not know."

"In literature, truth is often stranger than the pages would suggest."

"Literature is the repository of all human experience and wisdom."

"Literature is the immortal part of history."

"Books are humanity in print."

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

"Literature preserves human experience."

"Fiction can reveal truths that reality hides."

"To write is to confess the secrets we cannot speak."

"Literature is the mirror in which mankind sees itself."

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, then for money."

"Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use."

"Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be saved or preserved."

"A person is, in the end, the sum of what he has read."

"The pen is a terrible instrument; not because it is sharp but because it is permanent."

"The pen is mightier than the sword because the written word endures."