Literature Quotes

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"A good book is an escape and a return simultaneously."
Virgil
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"In stories lies the preservation of all that matters."
Homer
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"The poet speaks in riddles so that truth might be heard by those with ears."
Homer
"Literature captures the human experience science seeks to explain."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"Literature preserves what science explains."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"Literature gives voice to the unspoken."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"Literature mirrors not what we are, but what we might become if we dared."
Pickering Edward
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"Literature teaches us that all humans are more alike than different in their suffering and joy."
Pickering Edward
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"Literature is the mirror of society."
George Lemaitre
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"Literature is the mirror in which humanity sees itself most clearly."
Pickering Edward
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"Literature is the conversation between generations."
Pickering Edward
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"Every constellation tells a story; the cosmos is a library of narratives."
Harlow Shapley
"Every equation in physics tells a story about how the universe behaves."
Juan Maldacena
"Literature reveals the depth of human experience."
Steven Weinberg
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"Literature reflects the best and worst of humanity."
Abdus Salam
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"Literature preserves the human experience."
Abdus Salam
"Literature and physics both explore the deepest questions about existence and meaning."
Juan Maldacena
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"Literature captures what equations cannot - the human meaning of discovery."
Frank Wilczek
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"Literature gives voice to the human experience within the scientific cosmos."
Frank Wilczek
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of humanity across generations."
Abdus Salam
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"Literature captures the human experience in ways science cannot."
Abdus Salam
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"Literature teaches us truths that science sometimes discovers later."
Frank Wilczek
"Literature teaches what physics must verify: the complexity of human nature."
David Gross
"Literature captures what physics cannot: the feeling of understanding dawning."
David Gross
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"Literature captures what science illuminates."
George Zweig
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for future generations."
David Gross
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"Literature teaches what science cannot: the human condition in all its complexity."
Abdus Salam
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"Literature captures what numbers cannot: the texture of existence."
Abdus Salam
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for those who have eyes to read."
David Gross
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"Literature and science both attempt to capture essential truths about human existence and nature."
Frank Wilczek