Quotes about Literature
Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great or original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.
— William Wordsworth
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:England hath need of thee: she is a fenOf stagnant waters.
— William Wordsworth
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.
— Stephen Hawking
Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
— Kathleen Norris
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.
— Elias Canetti
Romani su klinovi koje neki glumac što piše zabija u ?vrstu li?nost svojih ?italaca. Što bol?e prora?una klin i otpor, to ?e ta li?nost ostati raspolu?enija. Trebalo bi da država zabrani romane.
— Elias Canetti
If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.
— Elias Canetti
Wenn man Bücher bei sich trug, waren Handgreiflichkeiten zu vermeiden. Er trug immer Bücher bei sich.
— Elias Canetti
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.
— Elie Wiesel
The only wealth I'm interested in is a wealth of words.
— Elie Wiesel
Even if I wrote on nothing else, it would never be enough, even if all the survivors did nothing but write about their experiences, it would still not be enough. *Response when asked how much longer is he going to write about the Holocaust.
— Elie Wiesel
I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.
— F Scott Fitzgerald