Literature Quotes

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read" "Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all." "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." "You cannot open a book without learning something." "Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it." "Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me." "I am a part of everything that I have read." "A man should always have his diary on him. That way, he’s guaranteed to have something incredible to read." "It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful." "Of all things, I liked books best." "I can resist everything except temptation." "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me" "Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us." "In my mind, the plays I was reading in college, they all had gay characters or trans characters in them" "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" "The art of reading is to skip judiciously" "When you read a novel, your own imagery is formed" "I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy" "The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing." "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me"