Literature Quotes

"Literature is the mirror in which we see our own souls reflected."

"I wish I could remember my first introduction to the world of books."

"The first time I read an excellent book it is to me just as if I had a new sense."

"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession."

"What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul."

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

"Metrical feet, thus may be scanned every English word that's ever been planned."

"Literature allows us to live a thousand lives."

"But words are things, and a small drop of ink falls like dew upon a thought"

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

"The supreme art of the writer is to make people cry."

"Nothing more powerful exists in the world than the written word."

"Who destroys a good book, kills reason itself."

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."

"I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!"

"A poet is a man speaking to men about something which all men feel but few can express."

"Literature preserves the soul of civilizations."

"Literature preserves the soul of civilizations."

"The pen is mightier than the sword in reshaping worlds."

"Literature is the immortal voice of the human spirit."

"The decline of literature indicates the decline of the nation."

"Language is the music of thought."

"Books are a quieter type of magic."

"Great literature speaks to the eternal in us."

"We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us."

"The reading of all good literature should produce excitement."

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

"Books are the treasuries of the world."

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit."

"Words are things, and a small drop of ink makes as many thousands think."