Quotes about Literature
Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.
- Victor Hugo
He always took his meals alone, with an open book before him, which he read. He had a well-selected little library. He loved books; books are cold but safe friends. In
- Victor Hugo
As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless
- Victor Hugo
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
- LM Montgomery
I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
- LM Montgomery
From childhood, she had regarded books as the emblems of a secret brotherhood.
- Milan Kundera
A novel is purposely a-philosophic, even anti-philosophic, fiercely independent of any system of preconceived ideas, it questions, it marvels, it doesn't judge, nor proclaims truths.
- Milan Kundera
The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins.
- Milan Kundera
What is a novel if not a trap for catching a hero?
- Milan Kundera
The novel is born not of the theoretical spirit but of the spirit of humor.
- Milan Kundera
Literature is a cake with many toys baked inside--and even if you find them all, if you don't enjoy the path that leads you to them, it will be a hollow accomplishment.
- Camron Wright
One of the first lessons that I hope you grasp is that woven into meaningful literature, so tightly that it can't be separated, is a telling lesson, even in stories as short as this one. Always? I ask. Always! she confirms. Good stories teach!
- Camron Wright