Literature Quotes
Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.
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"She read with her eyes and her heart."Death
"The pages of books were thicker than skin."Liesel Meminger
"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."Death
"The words. Why are they stuck to me?"Liesel Meminger
"I wanted to ask her how the words tasted."Death
"The words were given to her, and she kept them safe."Death
"My story is mine alone to tell."Piranesi
"The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"He had learned from books exactly how to conduct his affections."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"We are all stories waiting to be told."Bast
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic."Albus Dumbledore
"The Lord of the Rings is not a power-fantasy."Shadow Moon
"We are stories that tell themselves."Anansi
"Books are like humans. Some of them contain great wisdom. Some of them are just paper."Aziraphale
"The most amazing thing about stories is that they're true."Wit (Hoid)
"Stories are the only truth that matters."Shadow Moon
"We live in a world of symbols and stories."Mr. Wednesday
"You can't escape your own story."Laura Moon
"Books are a form of magic that even those with no magical ability can practice."Aziraphale
"The trouble with reading old books is that they make you think about the future in all the wrong ways."Crowley
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages past."Kaladin Stormblessed
"Stories are the only immortality the gods have."Anansi
"A man who doesn't know his story is a man lost."Mr. Wednesday
"The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon."Wit (Hoid)
"I am a man of words and of wit, but the pen is mightier than any sword."Wit (Hoid)
"Books are mirrors of the soul."Aziraphale
"Stories are currency in this country."Mr. Wednesday
"The books were very interesting. They were about other books."The Narrator
"It was not a dark and stormy night."The Narrator
"Books are a wonderful escape from reality, but sometimes reality needs a good escape from books."Aziraphale