Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

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"Literature and science share one essential quality: both reveal eternal truths about the human condition."
Albert Sabin
"Literature captures the human experience; science liberates humans from unnecessary suffering within that experience."
Albert Sabin
"Literature preserves our humanity; science preserves our lives—both are essential."
Albert Sabin
"Literature reveals the depths of the human soul."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
C
"Literature preserves the stories of scientific discovery for future generations."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
C
"Literature captures the human side of scientific endeavor."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
S
"Literature and science both reveal truths about the human condition."
Sydney Brenner
S
"Literature captures truths that numbers alone cannot."
Sydney Brenner
M
"Literature explores what science cannot measure."
Max Delbrück
H
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life"
Hermann Muller
O
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for future generations."
Oswald Avery
O
"Literature is the immortal voice of the human experience across all time."
Oswald Avery
M
"The genetic code is nature's greatest literary achievement."
Max Delbrück
"The written word preserves knowledge; conversation builds understanding."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Literature preserves the human experience; science explains it."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
A
"The viral life cycle is a tragedy and comedy played in molecular time."
Alfred Hershey
H
"Literature preserves the essence of human experience across generations."
Hermann Muller
H
"Literature speaks across centuries to hearts separated by time and space."
Hermann Muller
S
"Literature and science are both attempts to capture truth in form."
Sydney Brenner
H
"Literature captures truths that science unveils"
Hugo de Vries
A
"Great literature reflects the human condition."
Alfred Russel Wallace
A
"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations."
Alfred Russel Wallace
J
"Literature reflects the human condition."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
J
"Literature preserves human wisdom."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
A
"Literature preserves the wisdom and experiences of past generations."
Alfred Russel Wallace
H
"In every plant lies a story written in the language of genes and chromosomes."
Hugo de Vries
H
"In every organism lies a chapter of the epic story that is evolution itself."
Hugo de Vries
R
"The geologist reads time as the poet reads emotion."
Richard Owen
C
"Literature should reflect the truths found in nature."
Carolus Linnaeus
R
"Each species is a sentence in nature's grand narrative."
Richard Owen