Literature Quotes

"We learn ethics through engagement with particular narratives and characters."

"Literature is philosophy in narrative form."

"We are storytelling creatures who make sense of life through narrative."

"Great literature expands our sense of what is possible for human life."

"The narrative self - our ability to tell the story of our lives - is sacred."

"We survive on stories as much as on food—narratives are how we make sense of chaos."

"The mind prefers stories to statistics."

"Narrative thinking is powerful but can lead us to impose false causality."

"Literature teaches us empathy by making us inhabit other minds."

"Literature is not decoration; it is central to moral and emotional development."

"Narrative identity allows us to understand ourselves through the stories we tell about our lives."

"Narrative provides the form through which we make sense of the multiplicity of our experiences."

"Our identities are shaped by the stories available to us and our capacity to author new ones."

"Literature and storytelling reveal the depth of human experience and possibility."

"The power of narrative lies in its ability to expand our moral imagination."

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

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

"Literature holds up a mirror to the human condition."

"Literature preserves human experience"

"Literature shows us we are not alone"

"The narrative fallacy makes us construct stories to explain outcomes that were largely random."

"The better the story, the less likely it is to be true in all its details."

"The mind is built for narrative; facts without narrative structure fade quickly from memory."

"Literature preserves the beating heart of human experience."

"Literature is the evidence that we have felt and survived."

"Literature is the mirror of society."

"Literature holds the mirror to the human condition across centuries."

"Literature is the testimony of the human heart across time."

"Literature teaches us that we are not alone in our suffering."

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