Literature Quotes

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

12844 quotes

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