Literature Quotes
Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.
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"Books have a way of surviving even when the world doesn't."Aziraphale
"The old man and the sea."The Grandfather (narrator)
"The Frame Story of the Boy and His Grandfather."The Grandfather (narrator)
"The book of Job has nothing on the modern world."The Narrator
"The grandfather passed the book to the grandson."The Grandfather (narrator)
"Literature keeps myths alive and true."Chiron
"Every person is a story waiting to be hacked"Hiro Protagonist
"The knack is to not give the book to the reader. The knack is to give the reader the thing that the book is about."Douglas Adams
"We're all stories in the end."Art3mis (Samantha Cook)
"The philosopher speaks truth; the poet sings it."Shevek
"The proper study of mankind is books."Sherlock Holmes
"I have preserved only the essential facts upon which my reasoning has been based."Dr. John Watson
"It was, indeed, a remarkable document."Dr. John Watson
"Now that the matter has been so happily resolved, I do not see why I should be withheld from publication"Dr. John Watson
"Books are the treasured wealth of the world"Henry David Thoreau
"How much more admirable the Bhagvat Gita than all the ruins of the East!"Henry David Thoreau
"To have great poets, there must be great audiences too."Zarathustra
"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."Henry David Thoreau
"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."Seneca
"Words are wonderful things"Charlotte A. Cavatica
"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."Henry David Thoreau
"I wish I could write something that would make people laugh and cry."Anne Shirley
"Books are a bore."Harry Wormwood
"Books are such a wonderful way to escape from the world when it's too much with you."Anne Shirley
"Never underestimate the power of a good book."Matilda Wormwood
"Words are such wonderful things."King Azaz
"A room full of books is a gateway to infinite worlds."King Azaz
"What is the use of a book without pictures or conversation?"Alice
"Books are a celebration of all the wonderful things that human beings think and feel and dream."Miss Honey
"Do you know, I've had such a quantity of poetry repeated to me today."Alice