Literature Quotes

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"Literature and stories remind us that we're not alone in our struggles."
Flynn Rider
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"Literature preserves the wisdom of generations."
Sven
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"Stories have the power to change hearts and minds."
Sven
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"Literature captures the essence of devotion."
Pascal
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"Literature teaches us about the human spirit."
Fairy Godmother
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"Literature teaches us about the human experience."
Tai Frasier
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"Literature connects us across time and space."
Tai Frasier
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"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Don Quixote
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"The pen is the tongue of the soul."
Don Quixote
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"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Don Quixote
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"Words move, sentences less, and poems least of all."
Don Quixote
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"Literature preserves the human experience."
Edmond Dantès
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"Books alone were my study"
The Creature
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"Walton, in continuation, To Mrs. Saville."
Walton
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"The best books are treasuries of the dead."
Winston Smith
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"The best books are treasuries of the dead moments of men's lives"
O'Brien
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"The best books are treasuries of the finest thoughts."
Winston Smith
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"No book has ever been written that equals it."
Winston Smith
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"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme."
Ishmael
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"For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words."
Ishmael
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"The great advantage of a book is that it has an end"
The Narrator
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"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
The Narrator
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"I should infinitely prefer a book."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"My father never read a book."
Lord Henry Wotton
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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Call me Ishmael."
Ishmael
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"Call me Ishmael."
Ishmael
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"Call me Ishmael"
Ishmael
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"This is my biography of the whale"
Ishmael
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"Call me Ishmael."
Ishmael